monandry

[Gr. monos alone, single, and aner (gen it. andros )=a man, a husband.] Anthrop.: That form of marriage in which one man espouses one woman. [MARRIAGE, POLYAN DRY.] "We thus see exhibited in Sparta, at one and the same time, promiscuity in its highest polyandric form, and lingering round a growing practice of monandry ." -J. F. MacLennan: Studies in Ancient History , p. 273. món ăn thoŭs, adj. [Gr. monos alone, single, and anthos =a flower.] Bot .: Producing but one flower; applied to a plant or peduncle.