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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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