Mo*nœ"cious (?), a. (Biol.) Having the sexes united in one individual,
as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant;
hermaphrodite; -- opposed to diœcious.
Mo*nœ"cism (?), n. (Biol.) The state or condition of being monœcious.
Mon"o*gam (?), n. (Bot.) One of the Monogamia.
||Mon`o*ga"mi*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Monogamous.] (Bot.) A Linnæan
||order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in
||the genus Lobelia.
{ Mon`o*ga"mi*an (?), Mon`o*gam"ic (?), } a. [See Monogamous.] 1.
Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy.
2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower
with united anthers.
Mo*nog"a*mist (?), n. One who practices or upholds monogamy. Goldsmith.
Mo*nog"a*mous (?), a. [L. monogamus having but one wife, Gr. &?;;
mo`nos single + &?; marriage.] 1. Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.