Definition of monoclinous in English:
monoclinous
adjective mɒnə(ʊ)ˈklʌɪnəs
Botany (of a plant) having stamens and pistils in the same flower.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some plants with monoclinous flowers possess devices which prevent close-pollination.
- Some of the trees are monoclinous, others only male.
- In self-pollination, the flower is monoclinous and the stigma receives pollen from the anthers of the same flower.
- Rice is a self-pollinated crop with small flowers that are monoclinous.
- The flowers with which you are most familiar are monoclinous.
Origin
Early 19th century: from French monocline or modern Latin monoclinus, from Greek monos 'single'+ klinē 'bed' + -ous.