Meaning

2 senses
  1. Having a single head.

    (not comparable)Said of unbranched composite plants.

    monocephalous branches

  2. (figuratively, not comparable)Having one leader.

    monocephalous presidency

Translations

2 languages

Origin

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

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

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