Botany Terms

Name Structure/ Category Description
Monadelphous united by the filaments into one group usu. forming a tube around the gynoecium
Monocarpic bearing fruit but once and dying--used esp. of annual and biennial flowering plants; compare century plant
Monocarpous having a single ovary
Monoclinous having the stamens and pistils in the same flower
Monoecious Plant species that produce both male and female flowers, but not perfect flowers, on the same plant. An example of a monoecious species is Xanthium strumarium (Common Cocklebur
Monophyletic developed from a single common parent form
Monopodial having or involving offshoots from a main axis
Motile exhibing or capable of movement
Mucronate [Leaf apices, Leaflet apices, Petal apices, Phyllary apices, Sepal apices] {shape} Ending abruptly in a short, hard point. (Compare with apiculate, aristate and caudate.)
Multilocular With more than one interior compartment or locule.