monocarpellary

[ mon-uh-kahr-puh-ler-ee ]

/ ˌmɒn əˈkɑr pəˌlɛr i /

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adjective Botany.

consisting of a single carpel.

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Origin of monocarpellary

1860–65; mono- + carpellary

Words nearby monocarpellary

monobrow, monobuoy, monocable, monocarboxylic, monocarp, monocarpellary, monocarpic, monocarpous, monocephalic, Monoceros, monochasium

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How to use monocarpellary in a sentence

When a pistil consists of a single carpel it is simple or monocarpellary (fig. 85).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various
It occasionally happens that an adventitious bud arises from the axil of a monocarpellary pistil.
Vegetable Teratology|Maxwell T. Masters

British Dictionary definitions for monocarpellary

monocarpellary

monocarpous (ˌmɒnəʊˈkɑːpəs)

/ (ˌmɒnəʊˈkɑːpɪlərɪ) /

adjective

(of flowers) having only one carpel

(of a plant gynoecium) consisting of one carpel

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