monocotyledonae Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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 Liliidae
    Liliopsida; class Monocotyledonae; class Liliopsida; Monocotyledones; class Monocotyledones.

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