monostichous

English

Etymology

monostich +‎ -ous

Adjective

monostichous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis.
    The flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridae are monostichous.
    monostichous leaf blades
  2. (uncommon) Of a poem, having only one line.
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