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DICLINOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diclinous mean?
• DICLINOUS (adjective)
The adjective DICLINOUS has 1 sense:
1. having pistils and stamens in separate flowers
Familiarity information: DICLINOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having pistils and stamens in separate flowers
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Antonym:
monoclinous (having pistils and stamens in the same flower)
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