monocotyledon

Meaning

Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots), thereby belonging to the taxonomic monocots, formerly variously known as Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, or Liliopsida, a class in the angiosperms (Angiospermae), the flowering plants.

Synonyms

endogen

liliopsid

monocot

lilies

monocotyledonous

monocotyledons

Translations

monocotylédone

monocotiledónea

monocotiledònia

monocotiledónea

monocotiledônea

monocotiledonia

einkeimblättrigen

yekqalikan

eenzaadlobbigen

monocotylédones

أحاديّ الفلقة

liliopsida

Einkeimblättrige

Monokotyledone

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmɒnəˌkɒtɪˈliːdən/

Etymology

From mono- + cotyledon.