Botanical Definition

Can anyone help me with a definition of "dicacious" (or "dicaceous"). I came across it in a botanical text in Spanish "dicasios" in relation to the male flowers of Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis).

TIA

 

I think it is simply misspelling, it should be "dioecious ".

 

Hmm? "diocio" is "dioecious" in Spanish and is used elsewhere in the page I am translating. I remain to be convinced :)

 

Well it seems to be explained in this translation of a Spanish Wikipedia page:
http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflorescencia&prev=search

It is very interesting to compare the English Wikipedia page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflorescence

 

Yes, as implied by Eric above, this is terminology in reference to determinate or cymose inflorescences.

 

Thanks Eric and Daniel. That is an obscure word, with no real relevance to the English article that I could spot (although my head swam while reading it). I think I have the general idea...and the trick of searching in Spanish, which I should know already!