'Monocotyledones' definitions:
Definition of 'Monocotyledones'
From: WordNet
noun
Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae [syn: Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida]
Definition of 'Monocotyledones'
From: GCIDE
- Monocotyledonae \Monocotyledonae\, Monocotyledones \Monocotyledones\prop. n. A class of plants comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: grasses; lilies; palms; and orchids. It is divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae.
- Syn: class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida. [WordNet 1.5]