Definition of "monocotyledonous" []

• Of or pertaining to a flowering plant having a seed with one embryonic leaf (a single cotyledon). (adjective)

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• "Hence the class of endogens are sometimes called monocotyledonous plants, while that of exogens are called dicotyledonous."
• "Stately trees of many kinds, with smooth and highly coloured barks, are loaded by parasitical monocotyledonous plants; large and elegant ferns are numerous, and arborescent grasses entwine the trees into one entangled mass to the height of thirty or forty feet above the ground."
• "She was a generously built woman with a monocotyledonous bosom, who was about ninety-nine per cent flesh and one per cent spirit."