Look up: monocotyledon

1. 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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2. monocotyledon
   a division of the Angiospermae in which the seedling normally has a single seed leaf Category: Botany and zoology
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3. 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 pl...
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4. 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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5. Monocotyledon
   • (n.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe.
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6. 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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7. 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 ...
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8. Monocotyledon
   Monocotyledons, also known as monocots, are one of two major groups of flowering plants (or angiosperms) that are traditionally recognized, the other being dicotyledons, or dicots. Monocot seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed-leaf), in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots. Monoc...
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9. 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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10. monocotyledon
    Angiosperm (flowering plant) having an embryo with a single cotyledon, or seed leaf (as opposed to dicotyledons, which have two). Monocotyledons usually have narrow leaves with parallel veins and smooth edges, and hollow or soft stems. Their flower parts are arranged in threes. Most are small plants ...
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11. monocotyledon
    (Gk: monos single; kotule=cup; kotuledon cup shaped cavity) a flowering plant characterised chiefly by a single seed leaf (cotyledon) and by an endogenous (growing from within) mode of growth. See also dicotyledon.
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12. Monocotyledon
    a plant having only one seed-leaf (compare dicotyledon)
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13. monocotyledon
    a flowering plant whose embryo has one cotyledon (seed leaf); compare dicotyledon.
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