Synoecious \Syn*[oe]"cious\, a. [Pref. syn- + Gr. ? house.] (Bot.) Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.
synoecious adj : having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium [syn: {synoicous}]