Monocotyledonae

Monocotyledonae
Monocotyledonae Monocotyledonae, Monocotyledones Monocotyledonesprop. n. A class of plants comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: grasses; lilies; palms; and orchids. It is divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae.

Syn: class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Monocotyledonae — noun comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • class Monocotyledonae — noun comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Monocotyledones — Monocotyledonae Monocotyledonae, Monocotyledones Monocotyledonesprop. n. A class of plants comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel veined leaves: grasses; lilies; palms; and orchids. It is divided into… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Liliopsida — n. A class comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel veined leaves. It includes the grasses; lilies; palms; and orchids. It is divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Monocotyledon — Mon o*cot y*le don, n. [Mono + cotyledon: cf. F. monocotyl[ e]done.] (Bot.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe; a member of the Monocotyledonae. [1913 Webster] Note: The plural, monocotyledons, is used as the name of a large class of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Alismales — noun an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants • Syn: ↑Naiadales, ↑order Naiadales, ↑order Alismales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Monocotyledones, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Alismatidae — noun one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semiaquatic herbs • Syn: ↑subclass Alismatidae • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Monocotyledones, ↑class… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Angiospermae — noun comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta) • Syn: ↑class Angiospermae, ↑Magnoliophyta, ↑division Magnoliophyta …   Useful english dictionary

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