monadelphous
Americanadjective
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(of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
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(of a plant or flower) having the stamens so united.
adjective
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(of stamens) having united filaments forming a tube around the style
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(of flowers) having monadelphous stamens
Etymology
Origin of monadelphous
First recorded in 1800–10; mon- + -adelphous
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Rosaceæ, 150 Stamens united with the base of the petals, monadelphous.
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
Stamens 10, usually monadelphous at base, alternately shorter.
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
Stamens monadelphous, the sheath entire; 5 alternate anthers shorter.
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
Corolla yellow, rotate, and very deeply parted, and with no teeth between the lobes; stamens more or less monadelphous, often unequal; leaves opposite or whorled, or some abnormally alternate.
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
Stamens monadelphous, the anthers permanently attached to a large stigmatic body; pollen mostly in waxy masses.
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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