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    MONOCOTYLEDON

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its insideplay

    Synonyms:

    endogen; liliopsid; monocot; monocotyledon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("monocotyledon" is a kind of...):

    angiosperm; flowering plant (plants having seeds in a closed ovary)

    Holonyms ("monocotyledon" is a member of...):

    class Liliopsida; class Monocotyledonae; class Monocotyledones; Liliopsida; Monocotyledonae; Monocotyledones (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)

    Derivation:

    monocotyledonous ((of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies)

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