monothalamous

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adjective

Whose spikelets are all similar.

OriginAncient Greek μόνος →
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Meanings

adjectivemonothalamous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyWhose spikelets are all similar.
  2. not comparablebiologyHaving a single chamber.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμόνος
  2. Englishmonothalamous

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

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Translations

French monothalamé
  • monothalamébotany: whose spikelets are all similar
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