MONOCOTYLEDON


Meaning of MONOCOTYLEDON in English

/mon'euh kot'l eed"n/ , n. Bot.

an angiospermous plant of the class Monocotyledones, characterized by producing seeds with one cotyledon and an endogenous manner of growth. Cf. dicotyledon .

[ 1720-30; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .