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monoclinous, a.|mɒnəʊˈklaɪnəs|
[f. F. monocline (1799), or mod.L. monoclīnus, f. Gr. µόνο-ς mono- + κλίνη bed, couch: see -ous.]
1. Bot. Having both stamens and pistils in the same flower, hermaphrodite.
1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 466 Those vegetables where the male and female organs occur on the same plant are called Monoclinous; and the others Diclinous. 1849Balfour Man. Bot. §648 The flower is hermaphrodite, or monoclinous. 1888Vines in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 131/2 Series 2. Polypetalæ: usually monoclinous.
2. Geol. = monoclinal a.
1882in Ogilvie; and in later Dicts. |