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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, having the two sexes developed beside or near each other, as, for example, in the Hepaticæ, when the antheridia are situated in the axils of bracts near the archegonia, or when both organs are naked on the dorsal surface of the same stem. Also paroicous.

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  • adjective Alternative form of paroecious.

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