单词 | monogamia |
释义 | † Monogamian. Botany. Obsolete. In the Linnaean artificial system: an order of the class Syngenesia, chiefly comprising plants with flowers that have connate or connivent anthers but that are not arranged in heads (capitula). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > characterized by parts > plant or class of plants bearing single flower Monogamia1760 monogam1828 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. iii. 81 5th Order, Monogamia: The Title signifies a single marriage. 1794 T. Martyn tr. J. J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. (ed. 4) xxvi. 404 The order Monogamia. We have now done with the natural tribe of compound flowers, but there remains yet one order of the class Syngenesia, in which the flowers are totally different, except in the common character of the union of the five anthers; they are simple, like the flowers of other classes... The Violet will furnish you with a number of notorious examples. 1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 400 Linnæus has a 6th Order in this [sc. the 19th] Class, named Monogamia, consisting of simple flowers with united anthers; but this I have presumed to disuse, because [etc.]. 1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 109 Monogamia, an artificial order of the Linnean system, referred to the class syngenesia, and composed of certain plants whose flowers are not aggregated into heads but whose anthers are more or less adhering. The order is no longer admitted, and these plants are referred to other classes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1760 |
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