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单词 monopetalous
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monopetalousadj.

Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈpɛtələs/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈpɛtl̩əs/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈpɛdl̩əs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: mono- comb. form, -petalous comb. form.
Etymology: < mono- comb. form + -petalous comb. form, after post-classical Latin monopetalus (1686 in the passage translated in quot. 1687). Compare slightly later monopetalose adj., and also dipetalous adj., polypetalous adj.
Botany. Now rare.
Of a flower: having united petals; = gamopetalous adj. at gamo- comb. form 1. Of a plant: having such flowers.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals
foliaceous1658
monopetalous1687
pentapetalous1687
polypetalous1687
hose-in-hose1688
monopetalose1693
pentapetalose1693
tetrapetalose1694
tetrapetalous1697
tripetalose1698
tripetalous1704
hexapetalous1707
petalous1719
petaloid1720
planipetalous1730
petaline1783
petaliform1788
petalled1793
polypetal1803
hexapetaloid1813
hexapetaloideous1830
tripetaloid1830
tripetaloideous1830
unipetalous1831
petaliferous1847
macropetalous1857
sympetalous1870
apopetalous1875
anisopetalous1880
petally1888
thread-petalled1899
thousand-petalled1951
decapetalous-
synpetalous-
1687 Philos. Trans. 1686–7 (Royal Soc.) 16 286 Their flowers are Monopetalous, tho' divided or cut into four Segments, or coloured Leaves.
1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. Pref. Those which are Monopetalous first, those Dipetalous next, then..such as have no exact Numbers of Coloured Leaves in their Flowers.
1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 455 The corolla is monopetalous.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 188 Monopetalous dicotyledons, with..an indusiate stigma.
?1877 F. E. Hulme Familiar Wild Flowers I. Summary p. vi Corolla rotate, monopetalous, five-cleft, tube very short.
1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 564/1 The general name of polypetalous is given to corollas having separate petals, while monopetalous, gamopetalous or sympetalous is applied to those in which the petals are united.
1937 Science 6 Aug. 121/2 The floral specializations of Neanthe include a carneous monopetalous corolla in both sexes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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