Definition of Monocotiledon
Mon`o*cot`y*le"don (?), n. [Mono-
+ cotyledon: cf. F. monocotylédone.]
(Bot.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed
lobe.
&fist; 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- any plant belonging to the Monocotyledones (also written Monocotyledonae) or Liliopsida, a class in the Angiospermae, the flowering plants. This group include the grasses, lilies, orchids and palms.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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