monocotyledonous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of monocotyledonous
First recorded in 1760–70; monocotyledon + -ous
Example Sentences
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Embryo monocotyledonous.—Low herbs, with thick opposite petioled unequal leaves, axillary or terminal peduncles, and showy flowers in solitary heads.
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The flower has in rare cases a perianth of six scale-like leaves arranged in two whorls, and thus conforming to the common monocotyledonous type of flower.
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Scirpus, sir′pus, n. a genus of monocotyledonous plants, including the bulrushes.
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GLADIOLUS, a genus of monocotyledonous plants, belonging to the natural order Iridaceae.
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To other monocotyledonous families the resemblances are merely of adaptive or vegetative characters.
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