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

Corolla monopetalous, rarely polypetalous, hypogynous.—Shrubs or small trees.

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

Note first of this kind: I find here on this word, 'five-petaled,' as applied to Pinguicula, "Qy. two-lipped? it is monopetalous, and monosepalous, the calyx and corolla being each all in one piece."

From Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by John Ruskin

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

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 Charles Darwin

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

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