Dioecious

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Dioecious translates from Latin to mean, "two houses". Dioecious plants have flowers of only one sex per plant, such as ginkgo and holly.

See: Monoecious; Perfect Flowers, Imperfect Flowers Complete Flowers, Incomplete Flowers

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