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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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 Asa Gray
Stamens 10, usually monadelphous at base, alternately 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 Asa Gray
Plants with irregular hypogynous flowers, 4–8 diadelphous or monadelphous stamens, their 1-celled anthers opening at the top by a pore or chink, the fruit a 2-celled and 2-seeded pod.
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 awl-shaped, usually somewhat monadelphous at base; anthers oblong, versatile.
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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