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Webster 1913 Edition

Dioecia

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Di-œ′ci-a

(dī̍-ē′shĭ-ȧ)

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

δι

=

δίσ

twice +

οἶκοσ

a house.]

1.

(Bot.)

A Linnæan class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants.