Mon`o*chla*myd"e*ous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. , , cloak: cf. F. monochlamyd'e.] Bot.

Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a calyx.

 

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