monopetalous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mono- +‎ petalous, after New Latin monopetalus.

Adjective[edit]

monopetalous (not comparable)

  1. (botany, now rare) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous. [from 17th c.]
    • 1802, William Paley, Natural Theology, section XIX:
      The food of the bee is the nectar of flowers; a drop of syrup, lodged […] down the neck of a monopetalous glove.
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