'Monocotyledon' definitions:

Definition of 'monocotyledon'

(from WordNet)
noun
A monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside [syn: monocot, monocotyledon, liliopsid, endogen]

Definition of 'Monocotyledon'

From: GCIDE
  • Monocotyledon \Mon`o*cot`y*le"don\, n. [Mono- + cotyledon: cf. F. monocotyl['e]done.] (Bot.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe; a member of the Monocotyledonae. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The plural, monocotyledons, is used as the name of a large class of plants (the Monocotyledones, or Monocotyledonae), and is generally understood to be equivalent to the term endogens. [1913 Webster] Monocotyledonae

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