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

Stamens usually 10, and mostly monadelphous or diadelphous.

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 anthers permanently attached to a large stigmatic body; pollen mostly in waxy masses.

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

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 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

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