DIOECIAN; DIOECIOUS
Di*oe"cian, Di*oe"cious, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Having the sexes in applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; — opposed to monoecious.
DIOECIOUSLY
Di*oe"cious*ly, adv. (Biol.)
Defn: In a dioecious manner. Dioeciously hermaphrodite (Bot.), having flowers structurally perfect, but practically dioecious, — those on one plant producing no pollen, and those on another no ovules.
DIOECIOUSNESS
Di*oe"cious*ness, n. (Biol.)
Defn: The state or quality of being dioecious.
DIOECISM
Di*oe"cism, n. (Biol.)
Defn: The condition of being dioecious.
DIOGENES
Di*og"e*nes, n.
Defn: A Greek Cynic philosopher (412-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings. Diogenes' crab (Zoöl.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs (Cenobita Diogenes), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops. — Diogenes' tub, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived.