monogynous
Americanadjective
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Anthropology. having only one female sexual partner at a time.
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Zoology. (of a male animal) having only one female mate at a time.
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Entomology. (of social insects) having a single queen per colony.
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Botany. having one pistil.
Other Word Forms
- monogyny noun
Example Sentences
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A flower with a simple pistil is monogynous; with two carpels, digynous; with three carpels, trigynous, &c.
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That is, a flower is Monogynous, when it has a single pistil, whether that be simple or compound; Digynous, when it has only two pistils; Trigynous, when with three; Tetragynous, with four; Pentagynous, with five; Hexagynous, with six; and so on to Polygynous, with many pistils.
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D'Asso, monogynous condition of the hawthorn in Spain, i.
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Spain, hawthorn monogynous in, i.
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D'ASSO, monogynous condition of the hawthorn in Spain.
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