Hypertext Webster Gateway: "monosepalous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Monosepalous \Mon`o*sep"al*ous\, a. [Mono- + sepal: cf. F.
monos['e]pale.] (Bot.)
Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed
of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous.

Note: The most recent writers restrict this term to flowers
having a solarity sepal, and use gamosepalous for a
calyx formed by several sepals combined into one piece.
Cf. {Monopetalous}.


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