monocotyledon

Meanings

Plural: monocotyledons

Noun

• a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside
• 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

Related Words

dicotyledon, monocots