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[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&osl;*n&obreve;s"tr&osl;*f&esl;),
n. [NL., fr. Gr. mono`strofos
monostrophic.] A metrical composition consisting of a single
strophe.

Mon`o*stroph"ic
(m&obreve;n`&osl;*str&obreve;f"&ibreve;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.

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