monocotyledonous

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ cotyledon +‎ -ous

Adjective

monocotyledonous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Of or pertaining to a flowering plant having a seed with one embryonic leaf (a single cotyledon).
   • 1890, [Jacques] Élisée Reclus, “The Mascarenhas”, in A. H. Keane, editor, Oceanica (The Earth and Its Inhabitants; 14)‎^[1], New York: D. Appleton and Company, Flora and Fauna:

     Strange to say, the islet of Ronde, about 16 miles north of Mauritius, forms a separate biological kingdom, possessing one peculiar species of cabbage-palm, some lizards, two snakes, and relatively more monocotyledonous plants than any other region in the world.

Synonyms

• monocotic

Derived terms

• pseudomonocotyledonous

Related terms

• monocotyledon
• monocot

Translations

of or pertaining to a flowering plant having a seed with one embryonic leaf (a single cotyledon)

• Greek: μονοκοτυλήδονος (el) (monokotylídonos)
• Russian: однодо́льный (ru) (odnodólʹnyj)
• Spanish: monocotiledóneo (es)
• Tagalog: sambindahunin