Why is date palm considered a dioecious plant?

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Dioecious plant:
Dioecious plants are unisexual plants that lack unique male and female flowers on the same plant.
Only one type of flowers are borne by a single plant - male or female.
Examples of such plants include ginkgos, willows, cannabis, and african teak.
Date palm is considered dioecious as the male and female flowers appear on different plants.

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