dioicia

Updated: July 2, 2026

Thus also in the vegetable class dioicia, where the male flowers are produced on one tree, and the female ones on another; the buds of the male trees uniformly produce either male flowers, or other buds similar to themselves; and the buds of the female trees produce either female flowers, or other buds similar to themselves; whereas the seeds of these trees produce either male or female plants.

Erasmus Darwin - Zoonomia, Vol. I: Or, the Laws of Organic Life