monocot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of monocot
Shortened form
Vocabulary lists containing monocot
Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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Plants (Botany) - High School
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One student picks a blade of grass in the field and identifies it as a dicot leaf, but his partner thinks it is a monocot.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
They are asked to develop a key system to classify the slides as coming from either monocot or dicots.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Lin says it might be because the typical monocot leaf, like a blade of grass, is narrow with parallel veins, which may be less suitable for evolving into complex traps.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 9, 2021
“It allows you think about the origin of monocot features.”
From Science Magazine • Nov. 5, 2018
The number of sepals and petals varies depending on whether the plant is a monocot or dicot.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
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