monocotyledonous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a flowering plant having a seed with one embryonic leaf (a single cotyledon).

Word forms

monocotyledonous

Etymology

From mono- + cotyledon + -ous.

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