any flowering plant of the class Monocotyledonae, having a single embryonic seed leaf, leaves with parallel veins, and flowers with parts in threes: includes grasses, lilies, palms, and orchids
Often shortened to: monocot. Compare dicotyledon
Derived forms
monocotyledonous (ˌmonoˌcotyˈledonous)
adjective
Examples of 'monocot' in a sentence
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Monocot diversity explains marginal amounts of variance (<10%) after environmental factors have been accounted for.
Lynsey McInnes, F Andrew Jones, C David L Orme, Benjamin Sobkowiak, Timothy G Barraclough,Mark W Chase, Rafaël Govaerts, Douglas E Soltis, Pamela S Soltis, Vincent Savolainen 2013, 'Do global diversity patterns of vertebrates reflect those of monocots?', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3641068?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In contrast, rice, sorghum and maize presented highly expanded monocot-specific groups.
José Tomás Matus, Felipe Aquea, Carmen Espinoza, Andrea Vega, Erika Cavallini, SilviaDal Santo, Paola Cañón, Amparo Rodríguez-Hoces de la Guardia, Jennifer Serrano, GiovanniBattista Tornielli, Patricio Arce-Johnson 2014, 'Inspection of the grapevine BURP superfamily highlights an expansion of RD22 geneswith distinctive expression features in berry development and ABA-mediated stressresponses.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4199669?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Duckweeds are fast-growing aquatic monocot plants that can accumulate high levels of starch.
Débora Pagliuso, Adriana Grandis, Eglee S. Igarashi, Eric Lam, Marcos S. Buckeridge 2018, 'Correlation of Apiose Levels and Growth Rates in Duckweeds', Frontiers in Chemistryhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fchem.2018.00291/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Many nongrass monocot flowers have two whorls of petaloid organs, which are called tepals.
Akira Kanno, Mutsumi Nakada, Yusuke Akita, Masayo Hirai 2007, 'Class B Gene Expression and the Modified ABC Model in Nongrass Monocots', The Scientific World Journalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.86. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our dataset of monocot distributions will aid in this endeavour.
Lynsey McInnes, F Andrew Jones, C David L Orme, Benjamin Sobkowiak, Timothy G Barraclough,Mark W Chase, Rafaël Govaerts, Douglas E Soltis, Pamela S Soltis, Vincent Savolainen 2013, 'Do global diversity patterns of vertebrates reflect those of monocots?', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3641068?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Furthermore, ceramides induce cell death with similar features in monocot and dicot plants.
Fang-Cheng Bi, Quan-Fang Zhang, Zhe Liu, Ce Fang, Jian Li, Jian-Bin Su, Jean T Greenberg,Hong-Bin Wang, Nan Yao 2011, 'A conserved cysteine motif is critical for rice ceramide kinase activity and function.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3069040?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Monocot grass species develop fertile florets on the spikelet of their inflorescences (panicle).
Shri Ram Yadav et al. 2017, 'OsMADS1/OsLHS1: Diversified Regulatory Functions in Ensuring Transition and Completionof Sexual Reproduction in Rice', Proceedings of Indian National Science Academyhttps://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol82_2016_Art08.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Studying the tillering of switchgrass also provides information for other monocotcrops.
Kaijie eXu, Kaijie eXu, Fengli eSun, Yongfeng Wang eWang, Guaiqiang eChai, Lili eShi,Shudong eLiu, Yajun eXi 2015, 'De novo assembly and transcriptome analysis of two contrary tillering mutants to learnthe mechanisms of tillers outgrowth in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.)', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00749/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In comparison to dicot-infecting bacteria, only limited numbers of genome sequences are available for monocot-infecting and in particular cereal-infecting bacteria.
Donald M. Gardiner, Narayana M. Upadhyaya, Jiri Stiller, Jeff G. Ellis, Peter N. Dodds,Kemal Kazan, John M. Manners 2014, 'Genomic Analysis of Xanthomonas translucens Pathogenic on Wheat and Barley RevealsCross-Kingdom Gene Transfer Events and Diverse Protein Delivery Systems', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0084995. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Advances in gene transfer technologies have enabled the production of both monocot and dicot transgenic plants.
S. Mohan Jain, Christian Oker-Blom, Eija Pehu, R. J. Newton 1992, 'Genetic engineering: An additional tool for plant improvement', Agricultural and Food Sciencehttps://journal.fi/afs/article/view/72453. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)