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

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Example Sentences

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monopetalous

The general name of polypetalous is given to corollas having separate petals, while monopetalous, gamopetalous or sympetalous is applied to those in which the petals are united.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Professor Huxley is credited with the assertion that the primrose is "a corollifloral dicotyledonous exogen, with a monopetalous corolla and a central placenta."

From English as She is Wrote Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be made to Convey Ideas or obscure them. by Anonymous

They are monopetalous, small, white, stellated in six points.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden

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 Asa Gray

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 Asa Gray

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