Look up: monocotyledon

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   Monocotyledon
   Any seed plant (angiosperm) having a single cotyledon or seed leaf. Leaves are mostly parallel veined e.g. cereals, grasses, rushes and sedges and various weeds
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   monocotyledon
   a division of the Angiospermae in which the seedling normally has a single seed leaf Category: Botany and zoology
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   Monocotyledon
   Mon`o·cot`y·le'don noun [ Mono- + cotyledon : confer French monocotylédone .] (Botany) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe. » The plural, monocotyledons , is used as the name of a large class of plants, and is generally understood to be equivalent to the term endogens .
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   monocotyledon
   A subclass of Angiosperm plants based on anatomical characteristics. They tend to have: ... narrow leaves ... One cotyledon ... parallel veins in the leaves ... Flower parts are usually in multiples of threes ... A scattered arrangement of primary vascular bundles in the stem ... Fibrous root system Compare: dicot ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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   Monocotyledon
   `Monocotyledons` or `monocots` are one of two major groups of flowering plants (angiosperms) that are traditionally recognized, dicotyledons or dicots being the other. Monocots have been recognized at various taxonomic ranks, and under various names (see below). The APG II system recognizes a clade called `monocots` but does not assign it to a taxonomic rank. Monocots comprise the majority of agricultural plants in terms of biomass produced. The...
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   Monocotyledon
   • (n.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe.
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   monocotyledon
   any plant of the class Liliopsida (Monocotyledoneae), the smaller of the two great groups (the larger of which is the Magnoliopsida, or dicotyledons) ...
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   monocotyledon
   monocotyledon, monocots A plant with one cotyledon or seed leaf. A very important group of flowering plants, dominating great parts of the earth and with many economically important plants. The largest monocot family is the Orchidaceae (orchids), with very complex (and striking) flowers, for highly specific insect pollination. The second largest and perhaps more no...
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   monocotyledon
   A member of the smaller of two major classes into which angiosperms (flowering plants) are divided. Monocotyledons, or monocots, are distinguished from the larger class, the dicotyledons, by the presence of a single cotyledon (seed leaf) in the embryo and by other structural features, e.g., parallel...
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