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Definition of Monandrous
1. Adjective. Having only one husband at a time.
Definition of Monandrous
1. a. Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen.
Definition of Monandrous
1. Adjective. (botany) Having only one stamen in each flower. ¹
2. Adjective. Having only one male sexual partner over a period of time. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Monandrous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Monandrous
Literary usage of Monandrous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray (1868)
"... all but the lowest perfect and monandrous. — Shaded rich hillsides, S.
Pennsylvania to Illinois and southward. Aug. — Culm 2°-4° high: panicle loose. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... a monandrous system or custom.—2. In bot., having a single stamen; belonging
to or .... The monandrous state; the practice of having only one husband. ..."
3. An Arrangement of British Plants: According to the Latest Improvements of by William Withering (1830)
"Many genera of this order are monandrous, but others ... alike therefore decided
to be monandrous. Such a decision with regard to those, also, is justified ..."
4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"Only a sufficiency of women and of the means of living would then be wanting to
chance (let us say, among the Arabs) the Tibetan family into the monandrous ..."
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