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Meaning of MONOCOTYLEDONOUS

Pronunciation:  `mânu`kât'leednus

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  (of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies
 

MONOCOTYLEDONOUS is a 16 letter word that starts with M.

 

 Antonyms: dicotyledonous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mon`o*cot`y*le"don*ous\, a. [Cf. F.
monocotyl['e]don['e].] (Bot.)
Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf.
--Lindley.

 

 

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