monopetalous

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ petalous, after New Latin monopetalus.

Adjective

monopetalous (not comparable)

  1. (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.
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