Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monopetalous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: monopetalous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"The food of the bee is the nectar of flowers; a drop of syrup, lodged […] down the neck of a monopetalous glove."

Etymology

From mono- + petalous, after New Latin monopetalus.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mono
Root: monopetalus

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does monopetalous mean?: Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.
Where does monopetalous come from?: From mono- + petalous, after New Latin monopetalus.

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