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monopetalous, a.|mɒnəʊˈpɛtələs|
Also 7 -ose.
[f. mod.L. monopetal-us + -ous: see mono- and petal n.]
Of a flower: Having the corolla in one piece or the petals united so as to form a tube. (Called also gamopetalous and sympetalous.)
1693Phil. Trans. XVII. 762 The Flowers come out in Clusters, are monopetalose, with five Laciniæ or Incisures. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Monopetalous Flowers..are..all of one piece. 1783Davidson in Phil. Trans. LXXIV. 455 The corolla is monopetalous. 1839Lindley Introd. Bot. i. ii. 167. 1877–84 F. E. Hulme Wild Fl. p. vi, Corolla rotate, monopetalous, five-cleft, tube very short. |