monadelphous

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adjective

Having all its stamens within a flower fused together at least partly by the filaments.

OriginEnglish adelphous ← Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-) ← Proto-Hellenic *mónwos →
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Meanings

adjectivemonadelphous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHaving all its stamens within a flower fused together at least partly by the filaments.

    The stamens are monadelphous and are united for more than half their length into an open tube adnate to the petals

    1988, Michael Hickey & Clive King, 100 families of flowering plants, Cambridge University Press, 2007 digital reprint, p. 326

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Englishadelphous
  7. Englishmonadelphous

From mono- + adelphous.

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Translations

Finnish yksikuntainen
  • yksikuntainenhaving all stamens fused together by filaments
Cite this entry
APA

monadelphous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monadelphous

MLA

“monadelphous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monadelphous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monadelphous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monadelphous.

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