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MONADELPHOUS

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mon⋅a⋅del⋅phous

  [mon-uh-del-fuhs]
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–adjective Botany.
1. (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
2. (of a plant or flower) having the stamens so united.
Origin:
1800–10; mon- + -adelphous
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mon·a·del·phous   (mŏn'ə-děl'fəs, mō'nə-)   
adj.  Related to or being stamens with all the filaments united into a single tubelike group.

[mon(o)- + Greek adelphos, brother.]
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