monopetalous
/mon-uh-pet-l-uhs/US // ˌmɒn əˈpɛt l əs //UK // (ˌmɒnəʊˈpɛtələs) //
单瓣的,单瓣,单瓣膜,单瓣性的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Botany.
- : gamopetalous.
- : having only one petal, as a corolla.
Examples
A shrub with monopetalous, stillated, purple flowers, growing in tufts.
They are monopetalous, small, white, stellated in six points.
Trifolium with a monopetalous flower, of a white colour, (T. pratense).
The pistil is also very curiously formed, as the style and stigma have the appearance of a gaping monopetalous corolla.
This was the case with a poppy, which had become monopetalous by the union of its petals.
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