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Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to Ant: dioecious.

The state or condition of being monoecious.

One of the Monogamia.

A Linnæan order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia.

Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy.

One who practices or upholds monogamy. Goldsmith.

Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.

Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.

Having but a single stomach.

of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism. Dana. Haeckel.

One in genesis; resulting from one process of formation; -- used of a mountain range. Dana.

Of or pertaining to monogenesis.

The theory or doctrine that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species.

One who maintains that the human races are all of one species; -- opposed to polygenist.

Monogenic.

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

Monogenesis.

Having but one brood in a season.

A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the initials). Monograms are often used on seals, ornamental pins, rings, buttons, and by painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their works. Monogram.

See Monogrammic.