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large division of plants which 

 have only one envelope in the 

 flower : mon'ochlamyd'eous, a. , 

 -id' 8 -Us, applied to a flower having 

 a single envelope, which is the 

 calyx. 



monoclinous, a., mdn'o-klln'tis 

 (Gr. monos, alone ; klino, I bend), 

 in bot., having both stamens and 

 pistils in every flower. 



monocotyledons, n. plu., m8n'-6* 

 k8t f -il-ed'-8nz (Gr. monos, alone ; 

 kotuledon, the hollow of a cup, 

 cup-shaped)) in bot., a great 

 division of plants which have 

 only one cotyledon or seed lobe, 

 as in oats or wheat, the seeds of 

 which are entire : mon'ocotyled' 

 onous, a., -ed'dn-us, having one 

 cotyledon or seed lobe. 



monoculous, a., mdn-dk^ul-Us (Gr. 

 monoS) one ; L. oculus, the eye), 

 possessed of only one eye : mon- 

 ocule, n., mdn'dk-ftl, a one-eyed 

 insect. 



monocystic, a., mon'-o-sist'-ik (Gr. 

 monos, one ; kustis, a bladder), 

 consisting of only one cell or 

 cavity ; unilocular. 



Monodelphia, n, plu., mMo- 

 dVf'-l-d (Gr. monos t alone, 

 single ; delplius, a womb), the 

 division of Mammals which have 

 the uterus single : monodelph- 

 ous, a., mtin''fra$lf*fa, bringing 

 forth the young fit to live ; 

 of or pert, to the Monodelphia ; 

 (Gr. adelphos, a brother), in 

 bot., having all the filaments 

 united into a tube around the 

 style. 



monodichlamydeous, a., mtiti'dd' 

 {kldm-id'8'US (Gr. monos, one ; 

 dis, twice ; chlamus, a cloak or 

 tunic), in bot., having either one 

 or both floral envelopes. 



monoecious, a., mSn-e'sJifcus (Gr. 

 monos, one, single ; oikos, ^ a 

 house), in zool, applied to in- 

 dividuals in which the sexes are 

 united ; having male and female 

 flowers on the same plants : mon- 

 cecisni, n., racfo-e sizm, the con- 



dition where unisexual flowers are 

 produced on different branches. 



monogamia, n. plu., mdn'o-gdml 

 -a (Gr. monos, one, single ; 

 gamos, marriage), a general name 

 for plants which have their anthers 

 united but their flowers not com- 

 pound : monogam, n.,mdn'o-gam, 

 a plant having a simple flower 

 though the anthers are united. 



monogastric, a., mdn'd-gast'-rik 

 (Gr. monos, one ; gaster, the 

 belly), having only one stomach. 



monogynian, a., mffntd-jfyi'-t-tin, 

 also monogynous, a., mon-ddf- 

 in-tis (Gr. monos, one; gune, a 

 female), in bot., having only one 

 pistil or stigma in a flower ; 

 applied to plants having one 

 style : monogynoscial, a., mtin'-o- 



jin-e'sht-al (Gf. oikos, a house), 

 in bot., applied to siinple fruits 

 formed by the pistil of one flower. 



monolocular, a., mdn'-d-ldk'iil-dr 

 (Gr. monos, one ; L. dim. of locus, 

 a place), syn. of ' monocystic, ' or 

 * unilocular. ' 



monomania, a., mSn'-d-man'- 

 (Gr. monos, one ; mania, mad- 

 ness), a mental disease in which 

 madness exists on one particular 

 subject, or a limited number of 

 subjects, while the mind is 

 tolerably lucid on others ; a 

 lunatic who has passed through 

 the acute stage of the malady. 



monomyary, n., mtin'o-mi'dr't 

 (Gr. monos, one, single ; muon, 

 a muscle, muonos, of a muscle), 

 one of the bivalves, the Lamelli- 

 branchiata, which have their 

 shell closed by a single adductor 

 muscle. 



monopetalous, a., mfai'o-pVlf-dl'US 

 (Gr. monos, one ; petalon, a leaf), 

 in bot., having the petals united 

 by their edges into one organ ; 

 gamope talons. 



monophyllous, a., mbn'G-ftt'lfy 

 (Gr. monos, one ; phullon, a leaf 

 or blade), having one leaf or 

 membrane ; formed of one leaf 

 only ; gamophyllous. 



