- Monocotyledones
- nouncomprising 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• Hypernyms: ↑class• Member Holonyms: ↑Angiospermae, ↑class Angiospermae, ↑Magnoliophyta, ↑division Magnoliophyta, ↑Anthophyta, ↑division Anthophyta• Member Meronyms:↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus, ↑monocot, ↑monocotyledon, ↑liliopsid, ↑endogen, ↑Alismatidae, ↑subclass Alismatidae, ↑Arecidae, ↑subclass Arecidae, ↑Commelinidae, ↑subclass Commelinidae, ↑Liliidae, ↑subclass Liliidae, ↑Naiadales, ↑order Naiadales, ↑Alismales, ↑order Alismales
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\\-ˌkäd.əlˈēdənˌēz\synonym of monocotyledoneae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.