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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Note:  The  plural,  monocotyledons,  is  used  as  the  name  of  a 
  large  class  of  plants,  and  is  generally  understood  to 
  be  equivalent  to  the  term  endogens. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  monocotyledon 
  n  :  a  monocotyledonous  flowering  plant  [syn:  {monocot},  {liliopsid}] 




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