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Meaning of Monadelphia in English:

Monadelphia

Pronunciation /ˌmɒnəˈdɛlfɪə/

noun

historical Botany

  • In the Linnaean artificial system: the sixteenth class of plants, comprising those with hermaphrodite flowers having the stamens united by their filaments below to form one set or tube.

Origin

Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Chambers's Cyclopaedia. From scientific Latin Monadelphia, former class name (LinnaeusSystema Naturae) from mono- + -adelphia.