'Monocotyledonous' definitions:

Definition of 'monocotyledonous'

adjective

(of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies [ant: dicotyledonous]

Definition of 'Monocotyledonous'

From: GCIDE

Monocotyledonous \Mon`o*cot`y*le"don*ous\, a. [Cf. F. monocotyl['e]don['e].] (Bot.) Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf. --Lindley. [1913 Webster]

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