Definition of monocotyledonae Monocotyledonae

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What does monocotyledonae mean?

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Noun
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
		Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida
		class elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"
		angiospermae, anthophyta, class angiospermae, division anthophyta, division magnoliophyta, magnoliophyta comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
		liliopsid genus, monocot genus genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
		endogen, liliopsid, monocot, monocotyledon a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside
		alismatidae subclass alismatidae
		arecidae, subclass arecidae one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae and Lemnaceae
		commelinidae, subclass commelinidae one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae
		liliidae, subclass liliidae one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae