Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dioecian \Di*[oe]"cian\, Dioecious \Di*[oe]"cious\, a. (Biol.)
Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to
plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual
and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to
animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and
the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to {mon[oe]cious}.
Source : WordNet®
dioecious
adj : having male and female reproductive organs in separate
plants or animals [syn: {dioecian}] [ant: {monoecious}]