Mon`o*py*re"nous (?), a. [Mono- + pyrene.] (Bot.) Having but a single
stone or kernel.
Mon`or*gan"ic (?), a. [Mon- + organic.] (Biol. & Med.) Belonging to, or
affecting, a single organ, or set of organs.
||Mon`o*rhi"na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?;, &?;,
||nose.] (Zoöl.) The Marsipobranchiata.
Mon"o*rhyme (?), n. [Mono- + rhyme: cf. F. monorime.] A composition in
verse, in which all the lines end with the same rhyme.
Mon`o*sep"al*ous (?), a. [Mono- + sepal: cf. F. monosépale.] (Bot.)
Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the
sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous.
The most recent writers restrict this term to flowers having a solarity
sepal, and use gamosepalous for a calyx formed by several sepals
combined into one piece. Cf. Monopetalous.
Mon"o*sperm (?), n. (Bot.) A monospermous plant.
{ Mon`o*sper"mal (?), Mon`o*sper"mous (?), } a. [Mono- + Gr. spe`rma
seed: cf. F. monosperme.] (Bot.) Having only one seed.
Mon`o*spher"ic*al (?), a. [Mono- + spherical.] Consisting of one sphere
only.
Mon"o*stich (?), n. [Gr. &?;, from &?; consisting of one verse; mo`nos
single + sti`chos line, verse.] A composition consisting of one verse
only.
Mo*nos"ti*chous (m*ns"t*ks), a. [See Monostich.] (Bot.) Arranged in a
single row on one side of an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the
tribe Chloridæ.
Mo*nos"tro*phe (m*ns"tr*f), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mono`strofos
monostrophic.] A metrical composition consisting of a single strophe.
Mon`o*stroph"ic (mn`*strf"k), a. [Gr. monostrofiko`s; mo`nos single +
strofh` strophe.] (Pros.) Having one strophe only; not varied in
measure; written in unvaried measure. Milton.
Mon`o*sul"phide (?), n. [Mono- + sulphide.] (Chem.) A sulphide
containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to a monoxide; --
contrasted with a polysulphide; as, galena is a monosulphide.
Mon`o*sul"phu*ret (?), n. [Mono- + sulphuret.] (Chem.) See
Monosulphide.
Mon`o*syl*lab"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. monosyllabique.] Being a monosyllable,
or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic
language. -- Mon`o*syl*lab"ic*al*ly (#), adv.
Mon`o*syl"la*bism (?), n. The state of consisting of monosyllables, or
having a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables.
Mon"o*syl`la*ble (?), n. [L. monosyllabus of one syllable, Gr. &?;: cf.
F. monosyllabe. See Mono-, Syllable.] A word of one syllable.
Mon"o*syl`la*bled (?), a. Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables.
Cleveland.
{ Mon`o*sym*met"ric (?), Mon`o*sym*met"ric*al (?), } a. [Mono- +
symmetric, - ical.] (Crystallog.) Same as Monoclinic.
Mon`o*tes"sa*ron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?; four.] A
single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a
gospel harmony. [R.]
||Mon`o*thal"a*ma (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + qa`lamos a
||chamber.] (Zoöl.) A division of Foraminifera including those that
||have only one chamber.
Mon`o*thal"a*man (?), n. [See Monothalamous.] (Zoöl.) A foraminifer
having but one chamber.
Mon`o*thal"a*mous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. qa`lamos chamber: cf. F.
monothalame.] (Zoöl.) One-chambered.
Mon`o*thal"mic (?), a. [See Monothalamous.] (Bot.) Formed from one
pistil; -- said of fruits. R. Brown.
Mon`o*the"cal (?), a. [Mono- + Br. &?; box.] (Bot.) Having a single
loculament.
Mon"o*the*ism (?), n. [Mono- + Gr. &?; god: cf. F. monothéisme.] The
doctrine or belief that there is but one God.
Mon"o*the*ist, n. [Cf. F. monothéiste.] One who believes that there is
but one God.
Mon`o*the*is"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to monotheism.
{ Mo*noth"e*lism (?), Mo*noth"e*li*tism (?), } n. [Cf. F. monothélisme,
monothélitisme.] The doctrine of the Monothelites.
Mo*noth"e*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?;; mo`nos alone, only + &?;, &?;, to
will, be willing: cf. F. monothélite.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of an ancient
sect who held that Christ had but one will as he had but one nature.
Cf. Monophysite. Gibbon.
Mon`o*the*lit"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Monothelites, or their
doctrine.
Mo*not"o*cous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. &?; birth, offspring.] 1. (Bot.)
Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic.