单词 | monandrous |
释义 | monandrousadj. 1. Botany. Of a flower: (originally) belonging to or having the characteristics of the Linnaean class Monandria; (now) having a single stamen. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having stamens or male > in specific quantity, form, or arrangement castrate1704 syngenesious1753 pentandrious1754 pentandrous1757 polyandrous1757 polyadelphous1778 triandrious1786 polyandrian1787 gynandrian1791 monadelphous1806 monandrous1806 tetrandrous1806 perigynous1807 octandrousa1815 pleurogynous1819 hypogynous1821 icosandrian1828 octandrian1828 pentandrian1828 polyadelphian1828 tetradynamian1828 hexandrous1830 pentadelphous1830 tetradynamous1830 triadelphous1830 triandrous1830 icosandrous1836 corollifloral1839 indefinite1839 oligandrous1851 isadelphous1855 thalamifloral1857 thalamiflorous1857 phalangiform1858 polyandrious1858 allagostemonous1879 corolliflorous1880 obdiplostemonous1882 hypogynic1886 octandrious1890 Monadelphic1959 polyandric1976 1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. §15 sig. C2v Valeriana..F[lower] monandrous, tailed. 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §394 The number of stamens is indicated by the Greek numerals prefixed to the suffix androus: a flower with one stamen being monandrous..; [etc.]. 1881 Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 18 365 Surrounded by 2 or more monandrous male flowers. 1968 V. S. Summerhayes Wild Orchids Brit. (ed. 2) vii. 124 It may be looked upon as one of the most primitive types of single stamened (monandrous) orchids. 1993 Bot. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 113 87 This clade is the sister-group to a clade including Cypripedioideae and monandrous orchids. 2. a. Zoology. Mating with only one male; characterized by this. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > of or relating to monogamy > practising monandry monandrous1866 1866 W. E. Shuckard Brit. Bees 323 The queen is monandrous or single-spoused. 1989 Behavioral Ecol. & Sociobiol. 24 395 Males of polyandrous [butterfly] species on average mate more often than males of monandrous species. 1991 Evolution 45 314 Predictions made on the basis of the ‘kamikaze’ sperm hypothesis are not supported by quantitative comparisons of data from polyandrous and monandrous primates. 1998 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 265 2359 A male's risk of being cuckolded [sc. in the wattled jacana] was 0% in monandrous pairings. b. Of a woman, family, etc.: characterized by the possession of only one husband at a time. Now rare. ΚΠ 1884 A. Lang Custom & Myth 261 Among people regulated on the patriarchal or monandrous family system. 1907 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 13 116 In some cases, father-right was a natural development from the primitive monandrous family. 1957 R. Campbell Portugal 195 The beautiful monandrous amazons, about six to a company, who go into battle with The Legion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1806 |
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