Monocotyledon

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monocotyledon \Mon`o*cot`y*le"don\, n. [Mono- + cotyledon: cf.
     F. monocotyl['e]done.] (Bot.)
     A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe; a member of
     the Monocotyledonae.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Note: 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] Monocotyledonae

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  monocotyledon
       n : a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by
           deposits on its inside [syn: {monocot}, {liliopsid}, {endogen}]