Definition for MON-O-PET'AL-OUS

MON-O-PET'AL-OUS, a. [Gr. μονος, only, and πεταλον, flower-leaf.]

In botany, having only one petal, or a one-petaled corol; as, a monopetalous corol or flower. Martyn.

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