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(botany) Of or pertaining to a flowering plant having a seed with one embryonic leaf (a single cotyledon)..
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.
Use monocotyledonous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Monocotyledonous means (botany) Of or pertaining to a flowering plant having a seed with one embryonic leaf (a single cotyledon)..
Common synonyms include monocotic.
Possible antonyms include dicotyledonous.
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.
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