Monocotyledonae

prop. n.

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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.

Noun

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Monocotyledonae - 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 Synonyms: class Liliopsida, class Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledones, Liliopsida, Monocotyledones

Alismales, Alismatidae, Angiospermae, Anthophyta, Arecidae, class, class Angiospermae, class Liliopsida, class Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledones, Commelinidae, division Anthophyta, division Magnoliophyta, endogen, Liliidae, liliopsid, liliopsid genus, Liliopsida, Magnoliophyta, monocot, monocot genus, monocotyledon, Monocotyledones, Naiadales, order Alismales, order Naiadales, subclass Alismatidae, subclass Arecidae, subclass Commelinidae, subclass Liliidae