Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dioeciously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dioe-cious-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a dioecious manner.

Example Sentences

"A dioeciously hermaphrodite plant has flowers structurally perfect, but practically dioecious, those on one plant producing no pollen, and those on another no ovules."
"dioeciously polygamous"

Etymology

From dioecious + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dioecious

Questions

What does dioeciously mean?: In a dioecious manner.
Where does dioeciously come from?: From dioecious + -ly.

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