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 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

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.

All these plants are grouped under three main divisions: apetalous, monocotyledonous, and dicotyledonous; and these main divisions are further subdivided.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various

The shoots and roots of grasses conform in their internal structure to the monocotyledonous type.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

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