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[Mono- + Gr. &?; fruit: cf. F.
monocarpe.] (Bot.) Bearing fruit but once, and
dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc.

&fist; Annual and biennual herbs are monocarpic, so also some
plants of longer duration, as the century plant.

Mon`o*ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Mono-
+ Gr. kefalh` head.] (Bot.) Having a solitary
head; -- said of unbranched composite plants.

||Mo*noc"e*ros (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.
&?;; mo`nos alone, single + ke`ras horn.]
1. A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea
monster with one horn.

Mighty monoceroses with immeasured
tails.

Spenser.

2. (Astron.) The Unicorn, a
constellation situated to the east Orion.

Mon`o*chla*myd"e*ous (?), a. [Mono-
+ Gr. &?;, &?;, cloak: cf. F. monochlamydé.]
(Bot.) Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx
without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a
calyx.

Mon"o*chord (?), n.

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