noun
- a flowering plant whose seeds have only one cotyledon (seed leaf)
Usage: botanical
Examples
- Grasses are examples of monocotyledons.
- The lily is a monocotyledon with parallel leaf veins.
- Monocotyledons typically have flower parts in multiples of three.
- Corn and wheat are important monocotyledon crops.
- The palm tree is a large monocotyledon.
- Monocotyledons have scattered vascular bundles in their stems.