Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monadelphous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: mon-adelp-hous
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having all its stamens within a flower fused together at least partly by the filaments.

Example Sentences

"The stamens are monadelphous and are united for more than half their length into an open tube adnate to the petals"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English adelphous English monadelphous From mono- + adelphous.

Derived Forms

monadelphously

Questions

What does monadelphous mean?: Having all its stamens within a flower fused together at least partly by the filaments.
Where does monadelphous come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English adelphous English monadelphous From mono- + adelphous.

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