synoecious

• synecious
• synœcious

syn- +‎ -oecious

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈniːʃəs/

synoecious (not comparable)

1. (botany) With male and female organs in the same structure.
   • 1980, Anthony John Edwin Smith, Ruth Smith, The moss flora of Britain and Ireland, page 192:

     Occasional plants of var. viridulus have a synoecious inflorescence but are otherwise typical of the variety.

2. unisex
   • 1972, M. G. Bicchieri, Hunters and gatherers today: a socioeconomic study of eleven such cultures, page 309:

     The segmentation of the band is expressed in the arrangement of huts and shelters in synoecious camps; households comprising a segment are clustered close together, but are still an integral part of the whole camp.