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monanthous

monanthous adjective: having only a single flower.

Adjective

monanthous (not comparable)

  1. Having only a single flower.
    • monanthous leaf
    • monanthous raceme

Origin of monanthous

From mono- + -anthous.

Questions about monanthous

What does monanthous mean?
Monanthous means having only a single flower.
What part of speech is monanthous?
Monanthous is an adjective.

Words near monanthous in the dictionary

  1. monandric
  2. monandrous
  3. monandrously
  4. monandry
  5. monantherous
  6. monanthous
  7. monarch
  8. monarch butterflies
  9. monarch butterfly
  10. monarch caterpillar
  11. monarch caterpillars

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