monocotyledonous

American  

[mon-uh-kot-l-eed-n-uhs] / ˌmɒn əˌkɒt lˈid n əs /

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.

---

Etymology

Origin of monocotyledonous

First recorded in 1760–70; monocotyledon + -ous

Example Sentences

The single point of difference indicated by the diagram between the order of occurrence and that of arrangement, viz., the transposition of the gymnogenous and monocotyledonous classes, must be regarded as purely provisional.

From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh

It is a member of the monocotyledonous order Dioscoreaceae, climbing plants with slender herbaceous or shrubby shoots, to which belong the yam and the British black bryony, Tamus communis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

Perhaps monocotyledonous plants are more subject to this numerical reduction of the parts of several verticils than are other flowering plants.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

Sansevieria, san-sev-i-ē′ri-a, n. a genus of monocotyledonous plants of the order H�modorace�, native to southern Africa and the East Indies, yielding bowstring-hemp.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

A family of tropical monocotyledonous plants, including the banana and plantains.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir