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monogynous, a.|məˈnɒdʒɪnəs|
[f. mod.L. monogyn-us (see Monogynia) + -ous.]
1. Bot. Having only one pistil, style, or stigma; belonging to the order Monogynia.
1816P. Keith Syst. Phys. Bot. I. 117 Sometimes the pistil is single or solitary..the flower is [then] said to be monogynous. 1837― Bot. Lex. s.v., Flowers having but a single style are said to be monogynous, as in Primula. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. §4. 274.
2. Of or pertaining to monogyny; living in monogyny.
1890in Century Dict. 190619th Cent. Feb. 223 The Report [on the decline of the birth-rate in N.S.W.]..stigmatises the married state of those who practise it [sc. limitation of offspring] as one of ‘monogynous prostitution’.
3. Zool. ‘Having only one female mate’ (Cent. Dict.). |