monocephalous

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μονοκέφαλος (monoképhalos). By surface analysis, mono- +‎ -cephalous.

Adjective

monocephalous (not comparable)

1. Having a single head.

   Coordinate terms: bicephalous, tricephalous, tetracephalous, pentacephalous

   1. (botany) said of unbranched composite plants.

      monocephalous branches

   2. (figurative) Having one leader.

      monocephalous presidency

Translations

having a single head

• Finnish: yksipäinen
• French: monocéphale (fr)
• Polish: jednogłowy (pl)

References

• “monocephalous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.