MONOCOTYLEDON

monocotyledon. Monocotyledon, n. a plant with one lobe in the seeds

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Mon′o‐cot′y‐le″don (?), n. [[Mono- + cotyledon: cf. F. monocotylédone.]] (Bot.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe. ☞ The plural, monocotyledons, is used as the name of a large class of plants, and is generally understood to be equivalent to the term endogens.