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What does monandrous mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word monandrous? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (botany) Having only one stamen in each flower.
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Examples
The black-tailed and white-tailed prairie dogs were mostly monandrous, but the Gunnison's and Utah prairie dogs were mostly polyandrous.
We belong, to speak plainly, to a species of animals which nature intends to be monogamous and monandrous.
It is a predominantly monandrous species in which a reduced frequency of polyandry has proved to be modulated by both genetic and environmental or physiological factors.
All species studied are monandrous orchids, therefore the number of pollen presented in the Table 2 corresponds to the number of pollen grains per flower.
No small mature males were collected, indicating that Hawaiian grouper are monandrous.
Analysis of the microsatellite markers showed that both queens and workers contributed to policing of worker and queen-laid eggs even in monogynous and monandrous colonies.

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