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mon·o·cot·y·le·don
(mŏn′ə-kŏt′l-ēd′n) or mon·o·cot (mŏn′ə-kŏt′)n.
Any of various flowering plants, such as grasses, lilies, and palms, having a single cotyledon in the seed, and usually a combination of other characteristics, typically leaves with parallel veins, a lack of secondary growth, and flower parts in multiples of three.
mon′o·cot′y·le′don·ous adj.
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mon•o•cot
(ˈmɒn əˌkɒt)also mon`o•cot′yl,
n.
monocotyledon.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() angiosperm, flowering plant - plants having seeds in a closed ovary class Liliopsida, class Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledones, Liliopsida, Monocotyledonae, Monocotyledones - 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 |
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