monopetalous Meaning, Definition & Usage
Mon`o*pet"al*ous adjective
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(Bot.) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous. ✍ The most recent authors restrict this form to flowers having a solitary petal, as in species of Amorpha , and use gamopetalous for a corolla of several petals combined into one piece. See Illust. ofGamopetalous .