Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being unisexual, or of having but one sex, as a male or female individual: the opposite of
hermaphroditism .
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- noun botany The property of being
unisexual orimperfect , i.e. having only male (stamina ) or female (pistils ) reproductive organs in one flower (monoecism ) or individual (dioecism ).
Etymologies
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Examples
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A Fine line between sex and unisexuality: The phylogenetic constraints on parthenogenesis in lacertid lizards.
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In melon and cucumber, flower unisexuality seems to be the ancestral situation, as the majority of the
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Adnane Boualem et al. 2009
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In both melon and cucumber, flower unisexuality seems to be the ancestral situation, as the majority of
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Adnane Boualem et al. 2009
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_rubrinervis_, for _albida_ and _oblonga_, and even for _nanella_, which is to be considered as of a varietal nature; with _lata_ the decisive experiment is excluded by its unisexuality. _laevifolia_ and
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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195 -- From unisexuality to hermaphroditism, 197 -- Pollen replaced by ovules, 201.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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