Definition of Monocotyledonous
1. Adjective. (of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies.
Antonyms: Dicotyledonous
Derivative terms: Monocotyledon
Definition of Monocotyledonous
1. a. Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf.
Definition of Monocotyledonous
1. Adjective. (botany) Of or pertaining to a flowering plant having a seed with one embryonic leaf (a single cotyledon). ¹
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Medical Definition of Monocotyledonous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Monocotyledonous
Literary usage of Monocotyledonous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"monocotyledonous (meaning with single cotyledon) is the name of the one-coty- f
... called monocotyledonous PLANTS, or, for shortness, ..."
2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"The dicotyledonous and the monocotyledonous character of the embryo is correlated
with profound differences in the whole ulterior development, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"The sixth fascicle, by Dr. Karsten, contains photographs of six species of
monocotyledonous trees, including one plate ..."
4. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing an Abridged Description of by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1897)
"monocotyledonous OR ENDOGENOUS PLANTS. Stems composed of cellular tissue and
scattered bundles of woody fibre and vessels, destitute of proper pith, bark, ..."
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