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Definition of: autoecious
(ô·tē′shəs) adjective Bot.
1. Having male and female reproductive organs on the same plant, as certain mosses.
2. Completing the whole development on a single host, as seen in certain rust fungi and other parasites: opposed to heteroecious. [ < AUTO-1 + Gk. oikos dwelling]
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