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monopetalous

monopetalous adjective: having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.

Adjective

monopetalous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.
    • The food of the bee is the nectar of flowers; a drop of syrup, lodged […] down the neck of a monopetalous glove.1802, William Paley, Natural Theology, section XIX

Origin of monopetalous

From mono- + petalous, after New Latin monopetalus.

Questions about monopetalous

What does monopetalous mean?
Monopetalous means having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.
What part of speech is monopetalous?
Monopetalous is an adjective.

Words near monopetalous in the dictionary

  1. monoperiodic
  2. monoperiodically
  3. monopersonal
  4. monopersulfate
  5. monopersulfates
  6. monopetalous
  7. monophage
  8. monophages
  9. monophagian
  10. monophagians
  11. monophagism

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