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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, having the petals united into one piece by their edges: more properly gamopetalous or sympetalous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.

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  • adjective botany Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.

Etymologies

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mono- +‎ petalous

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