You see, cycads are dioecious, meaning, you need separate male and female plants to create a new one, and this one happens to be a male, a true lonely bachelor.

你看，苏铁异株的，这意味着你需要有一株树和一株树才能培育出一小苏铁，而这恰好一树，一个彻头彻尾的单身汉。

You see cycads are dioecious, meaning you need separate male and female plants to create a new one.

你看苏铁异株的，这意味着你需要分开的性和性植物来创造一个新的植物。

The former plants are termed self-incompatible hermaphrodites; the latter, dioecious species.

以前的植物被称为自交不亲和同体；后者异株的物种。