Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Botany Having flowers bearing a single stamen, as in certain orchids.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characterized by monandry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology and anthropology:
- Having one male or husband; living in monandry; monogamous, as a female.
- Relating to monandry: as, a monandrous system or custom.
- In botany, having a single stamen; belonging to or having the characters of the class Monandria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Having only one
stamen in eachflower . - adjective Having only one
male sexual partner over a period of time.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having only one husband at a time
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Examples
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For man is by nature a monogamous and monandrous being; polygamy and polyandry are inconsistent with the fundamental characteristics of his nature; they are diseases of civilisation which would vanish spontaneously with a return to the healthy conditions of existence.
Freeland A Social Anticipation Theodor Hertzka 1884
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We belong, to speak plainly, to a species of animals which nature intends to be monogamous and monandrous.
Freeland A Social Anticipation Theodor Hertzka 1884
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