monopetalous
English edit
Etymology edit
From mono- + petalous, after New Latin monopetalus.
Adjective edit
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. [from 17th c.]
- 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.