monochasia

Variant of monochasium

monochasium definition

mono·cha·sium (män′ō kā′zē əm, -z̸hē-; män′ə-)

noun pl. monochasia -·sia (-ə)

Bot. a cymose or determinate inflorescence having only a single main axis

Etymology: ModL < mono- + Gr chasis, division, akin to chainein, to yawn, gape

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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