monoclinous, a.
(mɒnəʊˈklaɪnəs)
[f. F. monocline (1799), or mod.L. monoclīnus, f. Gr. µόνο-ς mono- + κλίνη bed, couch: see -ous.]
1. Bot. Having both stamens and pistils in the same flower, hermaphrodite.
| 1828 Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 466 Those vegetables where the male and female organs occur on the same plant are called Monoclinous; and the others Diclinous. 1849 Balfour Man. Bot. §648 The flower is hermaphrodite, or monoclinous. 1888 Vines in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 131/2 Series 2. Polypetalæ: usually monoclinous. |
2. Geol. = monoclinal a.
| 1882 in Ogilvie; and in later Dicts. |