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monospermous, a. Bot.|mɒnəʊˈspɜːməs|
[Formed as prec. + -ous.]
Having only one seed.
1727Bailey (vol. II), Monospermos [1737 Ibid., Monospermous], which bears a single Seed to each Flower, as in Valerian, the Marvel of Peru, &c. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xv. (1765) 39. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 388/2 There are eight barren stamina, and two monospermous berries [in Menispermum]. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 8 Bocconia has..a monospermous capsule. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 336 The pericarp is monospermous. |