Definition for MON-O-CHLAM-YD'E-OUS

MON-O-CHLAM-YD'E-OUS, a. [Gr. μονος and χλσμυς.]

In botany, having a single covering, that is, a calyx without a corol, or a corol without a calyx. Lindley.

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