monocotyledonous

American  

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

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.

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Etymology

Origin of monocotyledonous

First recorded in 1760–70; monocotyledon + -ous

Example Sentences

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

Coimbra, 1713. ñame—Genus of monocotyledonous plants of the family of the dioscoreas.

From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte

To other monocotyledonous families the resemblances are merely of adaptive or vegetative characters.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

Ruscus, rus′kus, n. a genus of monocotyledonous plants of the order Liliace�—containing Butcher's broom, Shepherd's myrtle, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

This is a monocotyledonous plant of the order Hydrocharideæ.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various