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English Dictionary: monocotyledon by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monocotyledon
n
  1. a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside
    Synonym(s): monocot, monocotyledon, liliopsid, endogen
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monocotyledon \Mon`o*cot`y*le"don\, n. [Mono- + cotyledon: cf.
      F. monocotyl[82]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.
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