What is another word for monocotyledon?
Possible synonyms include monocot, liliopsid.
(botany) Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots), thereby belonging to the taxonomic monocots, formerly variously known as Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, or Liliopsida, a class in the angiosperms (Angiospermae), the flowering plants.
Depending on context, synonyms include monocot, liliopsid.
Related dictionary entries include monocot, liliopsid, monocotyl, dicotyledon, dicot, dicotyl.
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Possible synonyms include monocot, liliopsid.
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