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Monocotyledonous

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mon·o·cot·y·le·don  (mn-ktl-dn)
n.
Any of various flowering plants, such as grasses, orchids, and lilies, having a single cotyledon in the seed.
mono·coty·ledon·ous adj.
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Adj.1.Monocotyledonous - (of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and liliesmonocotyledonous - (of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies
plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
dicotyledonous - (of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed
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Stately trees of many kinds, with smooth and highly coloured barks, are loaded by parasitical monocotyledonous plants; large and elegant ferns are numerous, and arborescent grasses entwine the trees into one entangled mass to the height of thirty or forty feet above the ground.
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