Designating or relating to varieties of sugar beet, etc., in which each seed ball has its contents reduced to a single embryo and so gives rise to only one seedling.
Origin
1950s.
Definition of monogerm in US English:
monogerm
adjective
Designating or relating to varieties of sugar beet, etc., in which each seed ball has its contents reduced to a single embryo and so gives rise to only one seedling.