monopetalous

monopetalous

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ petalous

Adjective

monopetalous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 monopetalous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)