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trioecious

Adjective CEFR B2
traɪˈiːʃ(ɪ)əs

Definitions

  1. Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior
    not-comparable
  2. Belonging to the former Linnaean order Trioecia, consisting of plants of this type.
    not-comparable, obsolete
  3. Having three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite, as some nematodes.
    not-comparable

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

trioicous trionic trionymal trionymous trioperculate triorchid

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