monocyclic

monocyclic
monocycly, n.
/mon'euh suy"klik, -sik"lik/, adj.
1. having one cycle.
2. Bot. arranged in a single whorl, as the parts of certain flowers.
3. Chem. of or pertaining to a molecular structure containing one ring.
[1880-85; MONO- + CYCLIC]

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