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Of or pertaining to monogenesis; as, monogenous, or asexual, reproduction.

Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma.

Having one the same appearance; having a mutual resemblance.

Having but a single stone or kernel.

uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ly, adv. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ness, n.

Produced on a mountain.

Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss.

The state or quality of being mountainous.

Connected with the formation of mucin; resembling mucin. The mucigenous basis is manufactured at the expense of the ordinary protoplasm of the cell. Foster.

e nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.

Having many names or terms.

Having many sounds, or sounding much.

Consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or condition; as, multitudinous waves. "The multitudinous seas." Shak. A renewed jingling of multitudinous chains. G. Kennan.

e of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate. The city was becoming mutinous. Macaulay. -- Mu"ti*nous*ly, adv. -- Mu"ti*nous*ness, n.

Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros.

of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds. Nitrogenous foods. See 2d Note under Food, n., 1.

Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.

Devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; a nonnitrogenous food. See the Note under Food, n., 1.

Without oxygen; characterized by the absence of oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid.

Born of, or produced from, clouds. [R.]