monocotyledon

monocotyledon
Abbreviation: monocot
A flowering plant whose embryo has one cotyledon. Examples are cereals (corn, wheat, rice etc.), banana, and lily.

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  • monocotylédon — ⇒MONOCOTYLÉDON(ES), (MONOCOTYLÉDON, MONOCOTYLÉDONES)adj. et subst. fém. plur. BOTANIQUE A. Adj. Dont la graine n a qu un seul cotylédon. Enfin, en dernier lieu, on constate l apparition, et bientôt la prédominance des végétaux angiospermes ou à… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • monocotyledon — ► NOUN ▪ a flowering plant whose seeds have a single cotyledon …   English terms dictionary

  • monocotyledon — [män΄ō kät΄ə lēd′ n, män΄əkät΄ə lēd′ n] n. Bot. any of a class (Liliopsida) of angiosperms, including lilies, orchids, and grasses, having an embryo containing only one cotyledon, and characterized by parallel veined leaves, flower parts in… …   English World dictionary

  • Monocotyledon — Monocotyledons Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Recent Hemerocallis flower, with three flower parts in each whorl Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • monocotyledon — /mon euh kot l eed n/, n. Bot. an angiospermous plant of the class Monocotyledones, characterized by producing seeds with one cotyledon and an endogenous manner of growth. Cf. dicotyledon. [1720 30; < NL; see MONO , COTYLEDON] * * * byname… …   Universalium

  • monocotyledon — noun Etymology: ultimately from New Latin mon + cotyledon cotyledon Date: circa 1727 any of a class or subclass (Liliopsida or Monocotyledoneae) of chiefly herbaceous angiospermous plants having an embryo with a single cotyledon, usually parallel …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Monocotyledon — …   Википедия

  • monocotyledon — noun 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. Syn: monocot, liliopsid …   Wiktionary

  • monocotyledon — n. plant which has one cotyledon, plant with one seed leaves (Botany) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • monocotyledon — [ˌmɒnə(ʊ)kɒtɪ li:d(ə)n] noun Botany a plant with an embryo bearing a single cotyledon, such plants constituting the smaller (Monocotyledoneae) of the two classes of flowering species. Compare with dicotyledon. Derivatives monocotyledonous… …   English new terms dictionary

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