The prothallia of ferns are nearly always diœcious (sexes borne on different plants), so that crossing in such cases is not improbable.
And it has been used to make infertile plants fertile, by grafting in the missing sex in diœcious trees, or a variety with more potent pollen as practiced in some of the native plums.
Among diœcious species may be mentioned the willows and poplars.
Pumpkins and squashes are monœcious and so are most varieties of melons.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cious" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
