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  • Monochlamydeous

    (Of a flower) having one whorl of perianth segments (i.e. only the calyx or only the corolla).  

  • Monochasium

    Inflorescence with a terminal flower and one bracteole subtending a lateral flower; for compound monochasium, in which the lateral part branches further. An inflorescence type with a single terminal flower and a single lateral flower emerging from a bracteole. A compound monochasium, where the laterals branch further in the same fashion is called a cincinnus.…

  • Monochasial

    Adjective of monochasium.  

  • Monocarpous

    With a single carpel.  

  • Monocarpic

    Monocarpic

    Flowering (and possibly fruiting) only once, then dying. A plant which flowers only once in its life and then dies, for example Agave Americana and the fishtail palm (Caryota urens). A plant which flowers only once in its life and then dies, for example. Agave victoriae-reginae and the talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera).  

  • Monocarp

    Annual or other plant that flowers and fruits only once, then dies.  

  • Moniliform

    Like a string of beads, cylindrical and constricted at regular intervals, nearly the same as torulose, but that is slightly more irregular or slightly flattened. Contracted at intervals.  

  • Monanthous

    One-flowered.  

  • Monandrous

    With one stamen. Having only one stamen.  

  • Monadelphous

    (Of stamens) in one bundle and connate by the filaments (e.g. in Malvaceae). In one brotherhood; referring to stamens with their filaments coalescent into a single tube. Said of stamens when united by their filaments into one set. Arranged in a bundle fused by their filaments, as for stamens.  

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