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monocotyledones
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun monocotyledones has 1 sense
- monocotyledones(n = noun.plant) class liliopsida, class monocotyledonae, class monocotyledones, liliopsida, monocotyledonae - 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; Array is a kind of class
is a member of angiospermae, anthophyta, class angiospermae, division anthophyta, division magnoliophyta, magnoliophyta
CIDE DICTIONARY
monocotyledones, prop. n.
A class of plants comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: grasses; lilies; palms; and orchids. It is divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae. [WordNet 1.5]
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