Dictionary entry

Monochlamydeous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.