cosexual

adj, noun — 3 senses

cosexual

adj

Etymology From co- + sexual.

1

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Producing both pollen and ovules.

2

Biology, Natural sciences Being able to reproduce as both female and male.

  • The platyctenid Coeloplana gonoctena is protandrous (151) and probably is a true sex changer. Females are larger than males and are found only at the end of summer, while males are found all year. It is ectocommensal on an anthozoan. Other members of the genus are cosexual.1982, David Policansky, “Sex change in plants and animals”, in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, volume 13, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 471–495:
Synonyms
simultaneous hermaphrodite
Coordinate terms
dichogamous

cosexual

noun

Etymology From co- + sexual.

1

A cosexual organism.

  • First, many plants that appear to change sex are really sequential or alternating cosexuals; the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis (220), and com, Zea mays (173), are examples[…]1982, David Policansky, “Sex change in plants and animals”, in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, volume 13, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 471–495:

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