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Monosepalous   Listen
adjective
Monosepalous  adj.  (Bot.) Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous. Note: The most recent writers restrict this term to flowers having a solarity sepal, and use gamosepalous for a calyx formed by several sepals combined into one piece. Cf. Monopetalous.






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... comprising those instances where the isolation is truly a result of the separation of parts previously joined together. Adesmy, moreover, was by the Belgian savant said to be homologous when it occurred between members of the same whorl, e.g. between the sepals of an ordinary monosepalous calyx, or heterologous when the separation took place between members of different whorls, as when the calyx is detached from the ovary, &c. The former case would thus be the converse of ...
— Vegetable Teratology - An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants • Maxwell T. Masters



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