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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Monopetalous  \Mon`o*pet"al*ous\,  a.  [Mono-  +  petal:  cf  F. 
  monop['e]tale.]  (Bot.) 
  Having  only  one  petal,  or  the  corolla  in  one  piece,  or 
  composed  of  petals  cohering  so  as  to  form  a  tube  or  bowl; 
  gamopetalous. 
 
  Note:  The  most  recent  authors  restrict  this  form  to  flowers 
  having  a  solitary  petal,  as  in  species  of  {Amorpha}, 
  and  use  {gamopetalous}  for  a  corolla  of  several  petals 
  combined  into  one  piece.  See  Illust.  of  {Gamopetalous}. 

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