monocotyledonous

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Definition of monocotyledonous in English English dictionary: 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

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mon·o·co·ty·le·don·ous

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

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