monocotyledonous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of monocotyledonous
First recorded in 1760–70; monocotyledon + -ous
Example Sentences
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CYPERACEAE, in botany, a natural order of the monocotyledonous group of seed-bearing plants.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
In addition to Bamboos, there were other monocotyledonous plants in the same plight, hence the happy idea was conceived of forming the present Bamboo garden.
From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Cook, Ernest Thomas
The names proposed in the pasigraphico-geognostic plan were borrowed from De Candolle's nomenclature, in which 'endogenous' is synonymous with monocotyledonous, and 'exogenous' with dicotyledonous plants.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
The rhizome is always solid, and has the usual internal structure of the monocotyledonous stem.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
We there find fragments of wood, in great part monocotyledonous, and masses of brown iron-ore.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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