Etymology

monothalamous

M3O1N1O1T1H4A1L1A1M3O1U1S1

Today it means: Whose spikelets are all similar. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μόνος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμόνος
  2. English todaymonothalamous

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) and θᾰ́λᾰμος (thắlămos).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμόνος all →

monochromaticmonismmonopsonymonochasiummonomicticmonoprionidianmonostichMonotessarononeseed juniper

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