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Monocotyledon
Monˊo-cotˊy-le′don
,Noun.
[
Mono-
+ cotyledon
: cf. F. monocotylédone
.] (Bot.)
A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe; a member of the
Monocotyledonae
. ☞ 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.