monadelphous

American  

[mon-uh-del-fuhs] / ˌmɒn əˈdɛl fəs /

adjective

Botany.

1. (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.

2. (of a plant or flower) having the stamens so united.

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monadelphous British  

/ ˌmɒnəˈdɛlfəs /

adjective

1. (of stamens) having united filaments forming a tube around the style

2. (of flowers) having monadelphous stamens

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monadelphous Scientific  

/ mŏn′ə-dĕl′fəs,mō′nə- /

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of monadelphous

First recorded in 1800–10; mon- + -adelphous

Example Sentences

Corolla and monadelphous stamens inserted at the summit of the calyx-tube; standard orbicular; keel incurved.

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 Gray, Asa

Corolla yellow, rotate, and very deeply parted, and with no teeth between the lobes; stamens more or less monadelphous, often unequal; leaves opposite or whorled, or some abnormally alternate.

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 Gray, Asa

Stamens monadelphous, the sheath entire; 5 alternate anthers shorter.

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 Gray, Asa

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 Gray, Asa

Galax, in Diapensiaceæ, 326 Stamens 10, monadelphous at the 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 Gray, Asa