A plant with male and female flowers on the same plant is described as which term?

A plant with male and female flowers on the same plant is described as which term?

• A. Imperfect flower
• B. Complete flower
• C. Monoecious flower
• D. Dioecious flower

Answer: (C)

Having male and female flowers on the same plant means the plant is monoecious. The name “monoecious” literally means “one house,” indicating both male and female flowers appear on a single individual, even though those flowers are separate. This differs from dioecious plants, where individual plants are exclusively male or exclusively female. An imperfect flower describes a unisexual flower that lacks either stamens or pistils within that single blossom, and a complete flower contains both male and female parts in one flower; neither term captures the situation of having both sexes on one plant as clearly as monoecious does. So the plant described fits monoecious.

Having male and female flowers on the same plant means the plant is monoecious. The name “monoecious” literally means “one house,” indicating both male and female flowers appear on a single individual, even though those flowers are separate. This differs from dioecious plants, where individual plants are exclusively male or exclusively female. An imperfect flower describes a unisexual flower that lacks either stamens or pistils within that single blossom, and a complete flower contains both male and female parts in one flower; neither term captures the situation of having both sexes on one plant as clearly as monoecious does. So the plant described fits monoecious.