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monadelphous
[ mon-uh-del-fuhs ]
adjective
- (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- (of a plant or flower) having the stamens so united.
monadelphous
/ ˌmɒnəˈdɛlfəs /
adjective
- (of stamens) having united filaments forming a tube around the style
- (of flowers) having monadelphous stamens
monadelphous
/ mŏn′ə-dĕl′fəs,mō′nə- /
- Related to stamens whose filaments are united into a single tubelike group. The stamens of flowers of leguminous plants are often monadelphous.
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Origin of monadelphous1
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Origin of monadelphous1
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Example Sentences
Stamens monadelphous, the anthers permanently attached to a large stigmatic body; pollen mostly in waxy masses.
Filaments monadelphous below in a tube which is adherent to the corolla, diadelphous at the summit.
Sheath of the monadelphous stamens entire; anthers alternately oblong and roundish.
Corolla and monadelphous stamens inserted at the summit of the calyx-tube; standard orbicular; keel incurved.
Filaments short, monadelphous at base; anthers long and linear, approximate in a slender cone.
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