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单词 monospermous
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monospermousadj.

Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈspəːməs/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈspərməs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin monospermus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin monospermus (J. Ray Methodus Plantarum Nova (1682); < mono- mono- comb. form + -spermus : see -spermous comb. form) + -ous suffix.
Botany.
Of a fruit or flower: containing or producing only one seed. Of a plant: having such fruits or flowers.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [adjective] > of specific number or many
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one-seededa1794
monosperm1838
dispermatous1854
monospermal1857
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polyspermatous1858
tetraspermal1860
tetraspermatous1860
polyspermal1882
monospermic1891
1687 Philos. Trans. 1686–7 (Royal Soc.) 16 289 These are subdivided into many subordinate genera, according as their Pods are simple..or echinated and monospermous.
1737 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 8) II Monospermous [1727 ed. 1 Monospermos], which bears a single Seed to each Flower, as in Valerian, the Marvel of Peru, &c.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 388/2 There are eight barren stamina, and two monospermous berries [in Menispermum].
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 8 Bocconia has..a monospermous capsule.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 336 The pericarp is monospermous.
1904 Bot. Gaz. 37 296 The more familiar anemophilous species [of Amarantaceae] are monospermous.
1994 Novon 4 144/1 Fruits that are small, apparently monospermous, coriaceous, unwinged, and inertly dehiscent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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