a. Bot. [f. Gr. σύν SYN- + οἶκος house + -OUS.] = SYNŒCIOUS.
1863. M. G. Campbell, in Intell. Observ., July, 412. The barren and fertile flowers are found on the same plant, though not on the same receptacle. To the latter form of growth the term synoicous is applied.
1881. Jrnl. Bot., X. 98. The synoicous flower of ‘Fissidens pusillus.’
