monophyletic

adjective

1. Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.

adjective

1. relating to or characterized by descent from a single ancestral group of animals or plants
2. (of animals or plants) of or belonging to a single stock

adj.

1. Descended or derived from one original stock or source.
2. Of or being the theory that all blood cells are derived from one common stem cell.

1. Relating to a taxonomic group that contains all the descendants of a single common ancestor. All clades, such as birds and placental mammals, are monophyletic. Compare paraphyletic polyphyletic.