Definition of "monandrous" []

• Botany Having flowers bearing a single stamen, as in the poinsettia. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or characterized by monandry. (adjective)

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• "For man is by nature a monogamous and monandrous being; polygamy and polyandry are inconsistent with the fundamental characteristics of his nature; they are diseases of civilisation which would vanish spontaneously with a return to the healthy conditions of existence."
• "We belong, to speak plainly, to a species of animals which nature intends to be monogamous and monandrous."