monadelphous

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ adelphous

Adjective

monadelphous (not comparable)

1. (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

• Finnish: yksikuntainen
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