‖ Monandria Bot.
(mɒˈnændrɪə)
[mod.L. (Linnæus 1735), f. Gr. µόνανδρος having one husband (f. µόνος mono- + ἀνδρ- man, male).]
The first class in the Linnæan Sexual System, comprising all plants having hermaphrodite flowers with but one stamen or male organ.
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Monandria,..a class of plants which have hermaphrodite flowers, with only one stamen in each. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. ii. (1765) 73. 1785 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. ix. (1794) 87. |
| attrib. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVI. 80/2 A genus..belonging to the monandria class of plants. |
Hence
moˈnander (
rare—0), a plant belonging to the class Monandria;
moˈnandrian,
moˈnandric adjs. (
rare—0)
= monandrous.
| 1828–32 Webster, Monander. Ibid., Monandrian. 1891 Syd. Soc. Lex., Monandric. |