monochlamydeous

English

Etymology

Monochlamydeous (μόνος, χλαμύς (χλαμύδος), -osus (-ous)) Monochlamydeous derives from the Greek roots μόνος (alone, forsaken, solitary, only, unique) from χλαμύς (genitive, χλαμύδος, short mantle worn by horsemen, worn by Hermes, by Eros, military cloak of foot-soldiers, general's cloak, a civilian's mantle) and the suffix -ous (Latin -osus (full, full off))

Adjective

monochlamydeous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a calyx.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for monochlamydeous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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