monostichous, a.
(məˈnɒstɪkəs)
[f. Gr. µόνο-ς mono- + στίχ-ος row, line + -ous.]
1. Min. (See quot.) Cf. monostich a. 2.
| 1856 Mayne Expos. Lex., Monostichous, applied by Haüy to a variety of the prism, the base of which is surrounded with facets which have different inclinations, as the Yenites monosticha: monostichous. |
2. Bot. Arranged in a single vertical row, rank, or series, on one side of an axis, as the flowers in certain grasses. (Opposed to distichous.)
| 1866 Treas. Bot., Monostichous, arranged in one row. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms. |
3. Zool. Consisting of a single layer or row.
| 1883 Lankester & Bourne in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXIII. 195 These may be called respectively Monostichous and Diplostichous eyes. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 492 (Arthropoda) The hypodermic cells beneath the thickened cuticle constitute the ommateum, and remain either in a single or form a double layer; hence mono- or diplo-stichous. The monostichous ommateum is said to be apostatic when cup-shaped. Ibid. 525 All the eyes of Limulus are monostichous. 1902 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XXV. 697/2 The monomeniscous eye is rarely provided with a single layer of cells beneath its lens; when it is so, it is called monostichous. |