monadelphia

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monadelphia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Monadelphia \Mon`a*del"phi*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. mo`nos
     alone + 'adelfo`s brother.] (Bot.)
     A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens united into a
     tube, or ring, by the filaments, as in the Mallow family.
     [1913 Webster] Monadelphian