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Definition of: monoecious
(mə·nē′shəs) adjective Bot.
Having male and female organs in the same individual, as stamens and pistils in separate blossoms on the same plant. Also spelled monecious, monoicous. Also mo·ne′cian. [<MON- + Gk. oikos house]
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