monadelphous
Americanadjective
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(of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
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(of a plant or flower) having the stamens so united.
adjective
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(of stamens) having united filaments forming a tube around the style
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(of flowers) having monadelphous stamens
Etymology
Origin of monadelphous
First recorded in 1800–10; mon- + -adelphous
Example Sentences
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Rosaceæ, 150 Stamens united with the base of the petals, monadelphous.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
In their lower part the stamens are fused together by their stalks, like the "monadelphous" stamens of a mallow.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
Stamens 10–30, in 2 or more whorls; filaments monadelphous at base.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Herbs or woody plants, climbing by tendrils, with perfect flowers, 5 monadelphous stamens, and a stalked 1-celled ovary free from the calyx, with 3 or 4 parietal placentæ, and as many club-shaped styles.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Filaments monadelphous below in a tube which is adherent to the corolla, diadelphous at the summit.—A climbing biennial, with thrice-pinnate leaves, cut-lobed delicate leaflets, and ample panicles of drooping white or purplish flowers.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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