monocotyledon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots), thereby belonging to the taxonomic monocots, formerly variously known as Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, or Liliopsida, a class in the angiosperms (Angiospermae), the flowering plants.

/ˌmɒnəˌkɒtɪˈliːdən/ /ˌmɑnəˌkɑ.təˈli.dən/ [ˌmɑnəˌkɑ.ɾəˈli.dən] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-monocotyledon.wav

monocotyledon monocotyledons

From mono- + cotyledon.

monocot liliopsid

dicotyledon monocots

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