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Webster 1913 Edition


Monopetalous

Monˊo-pet′al-ous

,
Adj.
[
Mono-
+
petal
: cf. F.
monopétale
.]
(Bot.)
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 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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Monopetalous

MONOPET'ALOUS

,
Adj.
[Gr. only, and flower-leaf.] In botany, having only one petal, or a one-petaled corol; as a monopetalous corol or flower.

Definition 2024


monopetalous

monopetalous

English

Adjective

monopetalous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.