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monogyny

N การ มี ภรรยา คนเดียว  การ มี เมีย เดียว  kan-me-pan-la-ya-diao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MONOGYN

n.[Gr. sole, and a female. ] In botany, a plant having only one style or stigma.

 

MONOGYNIAN

a.Pertaining to the order monogynia; having only one style or stigma.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MONOGYN

MONOGYN Mon "o *gyn, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: One of the Monogynia.

 

MONOGYNIA

Mon `o *gyn "i *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A Linnæan order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma.

 

MONOGYNIAN

MONOGYNIAN Mon `o *gyn "i *an, a. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous. -- n.

 

Defn: One of the Monogynia.

 

MONOGYNOUS

Mo *nog "y *nous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. monogyne. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma.

 

MONOGYNY

Mo *nog "y *ny, n. Etym: [See Monogynia. ]

 

1. Marriage with the one woman only.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The state or condition of being monogynous.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

monogyne

mon o gyne |ˈmänəˌjin ˈmɑnəʤɪn | adjective Entomology (of a social insect ) having only one egg-laying queen in each colony. ORIGIN from mono- one + Greek gunē woman, wife.

 

monogynous

mo nog y nous |məˈnäjənəs məˈnɑʤənəs | adjective Botany having only one pistil.

 

monogyny

mo nog y ny |məˈnäjənē məˈnɑʤəni | noun the custom of having only one wife at a time. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from mono- one + Greek gunē woman, wife.

 

Oxford Dictionary

monogyne

monogyne |ˈmɒnədʒʌɪn | adjective Entomology (of a social insect ) having only one egg-laying queen in each colony. ORIGIN from mono- one + Greek gunē woman, wife .

 

monogynous

mo nog y nous |məˈnäjənəs məˈnɑʤənəs | adjective Botany having only one pistil.

 

monogyny

monogyny |məˈnɒdʒɪni | noun [ mass noun ] the custom of having only one wife at a time. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from mono- one + Greek gunē woman, wife .