monocotyledonous

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Of or pertaining to a flowering plant having a seed with one embryonic leaf (a single cotyledon)
{a} having only one lobe in the seeds
{s} producing one cotyledon, producing one seed leaf
Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf
(of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies
monocotyle
monocotyledon
Any plant belonging to the Monocotyledones (also written Monocotyledonae) or Liliopsida, a class in the Angiospermae, the flowering plants. This group include the grasses, lilies, orchids and palms
monocotyledon
{n} a plant with one lobe in the seeds
monocotyledon
A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe
monocotyledon
{i} plant which has one cotyledon, plant with one seed leaves (Botany)
monocotyledonous

    Hyphenation

    mon·o·co·ty·le·don·ous

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ "mä-n&-"kä-t ] (noun.) circa 1727. ultimately from New Latin mon- + cotyledon cotyledon.
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