monomerous
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek single, alone + part.
Adjective
monomerous (not comparable)
- (botany) Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.
- (zoology) Having only one joint; said of the foot of certain insects.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for monomerous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)