monocarpellaryadj.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpəl(ə)ri/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpl̩(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈkɑrpəˌlɛri/ Botany.
Having or consisting of a single carpel.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having style, pistil, or female parts > having specific number or arrangement of carpels
apocarpous1830
carpellary1830
syncarpous1830
polycarpous1836
polycarpic1858
monocarpellary1863
polycarpellary1870
tricarpellary1872
monocarpous1876
tetracamarous1891
tricarpous1891
tricarpellate1900
monocarpellate1960
1863 G. Bentham Flora Austral. I. Introd. 17 Where a more precise nomenclature is adopted, the flower is monocarpellary when the pistil consists of a single simple carpel.
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 492 A whorl of monocarpellary ovaries.
1945 W. O. Howarth & L. G. G. Warne Lowson's Textbk. Bot. (ed. 9) ix. 246 Although we have imagined the formation of the monocarpellary pistil as due to the folding of a carpellary leaf, we must not assume that this process can be observed during the development of the flower.
1988 Jrnl. Heredity 79 479/2 The mutant is unique in having twin polycarpellary flowers per peduncle, in contrast to the single monocarpellary flowers of the parent genotype.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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