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monocotyledon
CIDE DICTIONARY
monocotyledon, n. [Mono- + cotyledon: cf. F. monocotylédone.].
A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe; a member of the Monocotyledonae . [1913 Webster]
" The plural, monocotyledons, is used as the name of a large class of plants (the Monocotyledones , or Monocotyledonae ), and is generally understood to be equivalent to the term endogens." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
monocotyledon, n. Bot. any flowering plant with a single cotyledon.
Derivative
monocotyledonous adj.
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