monocarpellary

[ mon-uh-kahr-puh-ler-ee ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. consisting of a single carpel.

monocarpellary

/ ˌmɒnəʊˈkɑːpəs; ˌmɒnəʊˈkɑːpɪlərɪ /

adjective

1. (of flowers) having only one carpel
2. (of a plant gynoecium) consisting of one carpel

Word History and Origins

Origin of monocarpellary¹

1860–65; mono- + carpellary ( def )

Example Sentences

The legume or pod is a dry monocarpellary unilocular many-seeded fruit, formed from one carpel, dehiscing both by the ventral and the dorsal suture.

From Project Gutenberg

It occasionally happens that an adventitious bud arises from the axil of a monocarpellary pistil.

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Mohl remarks that the change of pistils into stamens is more common in monocarpellary pistils than it is in those which are made up of several carpels.

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