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Monodelphia — mon’-o-del’-fi-a (Gr. monos, 
alone, and adelphos, a brother). A class of 
plants having flowers which are hermaphro- 
dite, all the stamens in one bundle and 
through which the pistil passes; in one house. 
Monogynia—mon’-o-jin’-i-a (Gr. monos, and 
Sune, a woman, a female. Flowers having 
one pistil. 
Monopetalous—mon’-o-pet’-a-lus (Gr. monos, 
alone, and /etalon, a leaf), Having the co- 
rolla in one piece formed by the union of its 
petals. 
Monosepalous—mon’-o-sep’-a-lus (Gr. monos, 
alone; and sepalon, a sepal). Also called 
gamosepalous when all the sepals are united 
in one set. 
Morphia—mor’-fi-a, also Morphine (from the 
Gr. Morpheus, the mythological god of 
dreams). One of the alkaloids of opium, 
Morphology—mor-fol’-o-ji (Gr. morphe, form, 
and /oges, discourse or description). The 
department of botany which treats of the 
forms the different organs of plants assume, 
and the law regulating their metamorphoses. . 
Moss, Mos—(Fr. mousse; Ital. musco; Lat. 
muscus,; Ger. moos, mos; Dutch mos, mould; 
Icelandic mos?, swampy place, a mossy place). 
A large family of plants with simple branch- 
ing stems and narrow leaves, and the lower 
order of plants. 
Mullein—mul’-lin (Fr. mouliene, molene; Dan. 
mol, amoth). A common plant, verbascum, 
thapsus, with hairy, soft leaves; the seed are 
said to be a moth preventative. 
