Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In zoology, having the tarsi single-jointed; uniarticulate, as a tarsus; specifically, of or pertaining to the Monomera.
- In botany, having but one member in each cycle (pistil, stamen, petal, or sepal): said of a flower. Compare dimerous, 2.
Wiktionary
- adj. botany Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.
- adj. zoology Having only one joint; said of the foot of certain insects.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Bot.) Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.
- adj. (Zoöl.) Having but one joint; -- said of the foot of certain insects.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek single, alone + part. (Wiktionary)
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