paroicous

adjective

pa·​roi·​cous

pəˈrȯikəs

variants or less commonly paroecious

pəˈrēshəs

: having archegonia and antheridia on the same branch with the antheridia usually below and around the archegonia compare autoicous, heteroicous, monoicous, polyoicous, synoicous

Word History

Etymology

para- entry 1 + -oicous, -oecious (from Greek oikos house + English -ous)

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