monocephalous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονοκέφαλος (monoképhalos). By surface analysis, mono- +‎ -cephalous.

Adjective

monocephalous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having a single head; said of unbranched composite plants.

   monocephalous branches

2. (figurative) Having two heads, having two leaders

   monocephalous presidency

Translations

having a single head

• French: monocéphale (fr) m or f

See also

• bicephalous
• tricephalous
• quadricephalous
• tetracephalous
• pentacephalous

References

• “monocephalous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.