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English
Etymology
From mono- + petalous, after New Latin monopetalus.
Adjective
monopetalous (not comparable)
- (botany, now rare) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.
1802, William Paley, Natural Theology, section XIX:The food of the bee is the nectar of flowers; a drop of syrup, lodged […] down the neck of a monopetalous glove.