monopetalous

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Adjective

HYPHEN

mon=o=pet=al=ous

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CIDE DICTIONARY

monopetalous, a. [Mono- + petal: cf. F. monopétale.].

Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous. [1913 Webster]

" The most recent authors restrict this form to flowers having a solitary petal, as in species of Amorpha, and use gamopetalous for a corolla of several petals combined into one piece. See Illust. of Gamopetalous." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

monopetalous, adj. Bot. having the corolla in one piece, or the petals united into a tube.

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