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monocotyledonous, a. Bot.|ˌmɒnəʊkɒtɪˈliːdənəs|
[f. prec. + -ous.]
Having a single cotyledon; belonging to the class of Monocotyledons.
1770C. Milne Bot. Dict. s.v. Cotyledones, some seeds, however, have only one seminal leaf; in which case, the plants, by botanists, are termed Monocotyledonous. 1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xiii. (1794) 131 note. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. xi. (1873) 244 Stately trees..loaded by parasitical monocotyledonous plants. 1851Richardson Geol. vii. (1855) 164 The monocotyledonous, or endogenous classes.
b. Of or belonging to a monocotyledon.
1849Balfour Man. Bot. §91 Endogenous or Monocotyledonous Stem. 1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. ix. 185 The parallel venation of a monocotyledonous leaf. |