DIOECIOUS
Dioecious translates from Latin to mean, "two houses". Dioecious plants have flowers of only one sex per plant, such as ginkgo and holly.
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dioecious (alt. diecious)
Unisexual, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
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The ginko tree (Ginko biloba), for example, is a dioecious plant, but the female trees are best avoided because their fruit has a horrible smell.
Dioecious
Having male and female sex organs on separate plants.
Double, Semi-Double
A flower with more than the normal number of petals, sepals or florets; in some cases petals or staminodes may replace stamens.
dioecious
Plants that have male and female systems on different plants. For these plants, you will need both a male and female plant to produce fruit and seeds.
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Dioecious- Having staminate (male) flowers and pistillate (female) flowers on different plants of the same species.
Diorite- A granular crystalline igneous rock commonly of acid plagioclase and hornblende, pyroxene, or biotite.
Dioecious - A plant having male and female flowers on separate individuals.
Dioecious A species having unisexual flowers, each sex confined to a separate plant.
Diploid Having two set of chromosomes.
Direct seeding Germination of seed in their final spot as opposed to in a nursery.
dioecious A plant species having male and female flowers on separate plants. An example is holly. See monoecious.
dioecious
Male and female flowers are produced on seperate plants. Plants will need both plants for fruit or seeds. Sometimes only one male plant is needed to pollinate several female plants.
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Dioecious - having distinct male and female flowers.
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Dioecious: varieties or species with male and female flowers on separate plants.
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DIOECIOUS: the male and female
flowers are on separate plants.
BISEXUAL (hermaphrodite): each flower
contains both male and female organs.
This large dioecious member of the yew family is a native to central and southern Japan and is known to grow as much as 30 meters (100 feet) in height.
Hollies are dioecious plants, which means there are male flowers and female flowers located on separate plants. Female plants produce berries, while male plants don't.
Flowers are dioecious. They are yellow-green in color and borne on 6 to 12 inch panicles.
Kiwi vines are dioecious (male and female flowers are borne on separate plants). Vines of both sexes must be grown to ensure pollination.
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Kiwi fruits are dioecious, the male and female organs are on separate plants. This means that to have fruit requires buying a male and female plant.
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Japanese yews are dioecious, meaning that each plant cannot hold both male and female organs. It can only be one or the other.
Though it's an evergreen, it grows most in the spring and summer, blooming typically occurring in mid-spring.
Cottonwood trees are dioecious, meaning they have male and female flowers on separate trees. Cotton shed by female trees in June is often so abundant that it turns nearby lawns white. Heavy snows in winter promote plentiful new growth.
This is necessary for pollination of dioecious shrubs such as hollies and mulberries, with separate male and female plants.
Dioecious plants bear staminate flowers on one plant and pistillate flowers on a different plant, hence the terms male and female plants. Ilex species (holly) and all cycads and many conifers are examples.
Holly is dioecious, which means you must plant a male and female variety within about forty feet of each other for the bush to produce berries. Holly is not fussy about soil conditions, and will grow in sun or shade.
Monoecious: A plant with both male and female flowers see dioecious.
Mulch: A layer of grass cuttings, straw, coconut shells, etc, applied to the soil to retain moisture and suppress weeds.
They are dioecious, meaning that male and female flowers are born on separate plants, and only females produce the colorful berries.
Most hollies are dioecious, meaning they have male and female flowers on different plants. So you need at least one male plant to pollinate with the flowers on the female plants, in order to get berries.
UNISEXUAL -- A flower of one sex only (See also Monoecious and Dioecious)
VARIEGATED LEAF -- A green leaf design which is blotched, edged or spotted with yellow, white or cream color.
MONOECIOUS - A plant which bears both male and female flowers. (Compare to Dioecious) ...
Leaflike hood (spathe) surrounds a central column (spadix). Spathe is green or purplish brown, often striped. Leaves, 1 or 2, long-stalked, 3 parted. This woodland wildflower is dioecious. Females bear fruit.
Depending on the cultivar, these hollies grow between 3 and 12 feet high and wide. Plants prefer sun to partial shade and moist, organically enriched soil. Since they reproduce dioeciously, plant at least one male for every four to six female plants.
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