Monocotyledons

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mon⋅o⋅cot⋅y⋅le⋅don

[mon-uh-kot-l-eed-n]

–noun Botany.

an angiospermous plant of the class Monocotyledones, characterized by producing seeds with one cotyledon and an endogenous manner of growth.

Compare dicotyledon.

Origin:
1720–30; < NL; see mono-, cotyledon

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mon·o·cot·y·le·don (mŏn'ə-kŏt'l-ēd'n)

n. Any of various flowering plants, such as grasses, orchids, and lilies, having a single cotyledon in the seed.
mon'o·cot'y·le'don·ous adj.

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