monopetalous

[ mon-uh-pet-l-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Botany.

monopetalous

/ ˌmɒnəʊˈpɛtələs /

First recorded in 1685–95; mono- + petalous

A shrub with monopetalous, stillated, purple flowers, growing in tufts.

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

Trifolium with a monopetalous flower, of a white colour, (T. pratense).

The pistil is also very curiously formed, as the style and stigma have the appearance of a gaping monopetalous corolla.

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

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