| ANDROECIA | • androecia n. Plural of androecium. • ANDROECIUM n. the male organs (stamens) of a flower taken collectively. |
| AUTOECISM | • autoecism n. (Ecology, of a parasite or dependent organism) The fact of completing an entire life cycle on a single host species. • autoecism n. (Botany, of a plant) The fact of having male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant. • AUTOECISM n. the development of the entire life cycle of a parasite on a single host, also AUTECISM. |
| COECILIAN | • coecilian n. (Zoology) Alternative form of caecilian. • COECILIAN n. a burrowing worm-like amphibian, also CAECILIAN. |
| DIOECIOUS | • dioecious adj. (Botany) Having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather… • dioecious adj. (Zoology, rare) Having two distinct sexes. • diœcious adj. Alternative spelling of dioecious. |
| DIOECISMS | • DIOECISM n. the condition of being dioecious, having male and female sexual organs in different individuals. |
| GYNOECIUM | • gynoecium n. (Botany) The pistils of a flower considered as a group. • GYNOECIUM n. the pistil of a flower, also GYNAECEUM, GYNAECIUM, GYNECIUM. |
| MONOECIES | • MONOECY n. the condition of being monecian, having both male and female reproductive organs. |
| MONOECISM | • monoecism n. (Biology) The state or condition of being monoecious. • MONOECISM n. the state or condition of being monoecious, having both male and female reproductive organs. |
| OECOLOGIC | • œcologic adj. Obsolete spelling of ecologic. • OECOLOGIC adj. relating to oecology, also ECOLOGIC, ECOLOGICAL, OECOLOGICAL. |
| OECUMENIC | • oecumenic adj. Archaic form of ecumenic. • œcumenic adj. Archaic form of ecumenic. • OECUMENIC adj. general; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church, also ECUMENIC, ECUMENICAL, OECUMENICAL. |
| PAROECISM | • paroecism n. The quality of being paroecious. • PAROECISM n. the state of having the male and female reproductive organs at different levels on the same stem, also PARECISM. |
| POECHORES | • POECHORE n. a semiarid region. |
| SYNOECETE | • SYNOECETE n. a guest tolerated with indifference in an ants' or termites' nest, also SYNOEKETE. |
| SYNOECISE | • synoecise v. Alternative form of synoecize. • SYNOECISE v. to unite in one community or city-state, also SYNOECIZE. |
| SYNOECISM | • synoecism n. (Ancient Greece) The unification of towns, tribes etc. under one capital city or polis. • synœcism n. Alternative spelling of synoecism. • SYNOECISM n. association of species with benefit to one and neither harm nor benefit to other. |
| SYNOECIZE | • synoecize v. To join diverse things together. • SYNOECIZE v. to unite in one community or city-state, also SYNOECISE. |
| ZOECHROME | • Zoechrome prop.n. (Historical) A subtractive tricolor motion picture film process. • ZOECHROME n. an early colour cinematographic process, aka zoetrope. |