Monocotyledones

2 definitions found

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

  Monocotyledonae \Monocotyledonae\, Monocotyledones
  \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.
  
     Syn: class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class
          Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Monocotyledones
       n : 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 [syn: {class Monocotyledones},
            {Monocotyledonae}, {class Monocotyledonae}, {Liliopsida},
            {class Liliopsida}]