"monoblue" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: mono- + blue Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mono|blue}} mono- + blue Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} monoblue (not comparable)
  1. (Magic: The Gathering) Being a card which is blue and no other colors. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monoblue-en-adj-Puk-IBXb
  2. (Magic: The Gathering) Being a deck composed of only blue or colorless cards. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Magic: The Gathering
    Sense id: en-monoblue-en-adj-necQHZQf Disambiguation of Magic: The Gathering: 28 72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with mono- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: monoblack, monogreen, monored, monowhite

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