monadelphous

[ mon-uh-del-fuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Botany.

monadelphous

/ ˌmɒnəˈdɛlfəs /

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.

First recorded in 1800–10; mon- + -adelphous

C19: from mono- + Greek adelphos brother, twin + -ous

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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