Found 2 items, similar to monocotyledon.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: monocotyledon monocotyledon n : a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside [syn: monocot, liliopsid, endogen]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Monocotyledon 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]