monadelphous
[mon-uh-del-fuh s]
- (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- (of a plant or flower) having the stamens so united.
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Origin of monadelphous
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Stamens 10, monadelphous at the very base, otherwise distinct.
In Ochlandra they vary from seven to thirty, and in Gigantochloa they are monadelphous.
Stamens 5, monadelphous in a 10-toothed tube or cup; leaves simple, all radical.
Stamens showing the union of the filaments into a common tube (monadelphous).
In their lower part the stamens are fused together by their stalks, like the "monadelphous" stamens of a mallow.
Darwin and Modern ScienceA.C. Seward and Others
monadelphous
- (of stamens) having united filaments forming a tube around the style
- (of flowers) having monadelphous stamens
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Word Origin
C19: from mono- + Greek adelphos brother, twin + -ous
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monadelphous
[mŏn′ə-dĕl′fəs, mō′nə-]
- Related to stamens whose filaments are united into a single tubelike group. The stamens of flowers of leguminous plants are often monadelphous.
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