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English
Etymology
From mono- + adelphous.
Adjective
monadelphous (not comparable)
- (botany) Having all its stamens within a flower fused together at least partly by the filaments.
- 1988, Michael Hickey & Clive King, 100 families of flowering plants, Cambridge University Press, 2007 digital reprint, p. 326:
- The stamens are monadelphous and are united for more than half their length into an open tube adnate to the petals
Usage notes
- Said of either a flower or of a plant bearing such flowers.
Translations
having all stamens fused together by filaments