monopetalous

American  

[mon-uh-pet-l-uhs] / ˌmɒn əˈpɛt l əs /

adjective

Botany.

1. gamopetalous.

2. having only one petal, as a corolla.

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monopetalous British  

/ ˌmɒnəʊˈpɛtələs /

adjective

1. (of flowers) having only one petal

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Etymology

Origin of monopetalous

First recorded in 1685–95; mono- + petalous

Example Sentences

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monopetalous

Throat, the opening or gorge of a monopetalous corolla, &c., where the border and the tube join, and a little below, 89.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

The species have opposite or sometimes whorled leaves without stipules; the corolla monopetalous, hypogynous, and with the stamens inserted upon it; fruit two-celled.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

This was the case with a poppy, which had become monopetalous by the union of its petals.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles

Flowers large, 1 in. long, conspicuous, white, hanging, bell-shaped, monopetalous, 4-lobed; blooming in spring.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Chiefly stemless herbs, with regular 4-merous spiked flowers, the stamens inserted on the tube of the dry and membranaceous veinless monopetalous corolla, alternate with its lobes;—chiefly represented by the two following genera.

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