monocarpellary

American

[mon-uh-kahr-puh-ler-ee] / ˌmɒn əˈkɑr pəˌlɛr i /

adjective

Botany.

consisting of a single carpel.

monocarpellary British

/ ˌmɒnəʊˈkɑːpəs, ˌmɒnəʊˈkɑːpɪlərɪ /

adjective

(of flowers) having only one carpel
(of a plant gynoecium) consisting of one carpel

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Etymology

Origin of monocarpellary

1860–65; mono- + carpellary ( def. )

Example Sentences

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The legume or pod is a dry monocarpellary unilocular many-seeded fruit, formed from one carpel, dehiscing both by the ventral and the dorsal suture.

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It occasionally happens that an adventitious bud arises from the axil of a monocarpellary pistil.

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Mohl remarks that the change of pistils into stamens is more common in monocarpellary pistils than it is in those which are made up of several carpels.

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