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

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

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

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

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

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

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