Definition of "monocotyledon" []

• Any of various flowering plants, such as grasses, orchids, and lilies, having a single cotyledon in the seed. (noun)

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• "To date three volumes have been published covering ferns and fern allies, orchids and gymnosperms and non-orchid monocotyledon."
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• "One of these determinables is number of cotyledons under which fall the determinates acotyledon, monocotyledon, and dicotyledon."