单词 | monocotyledon |
释义 | monocotyledon Bot.|ˌmɒnəʊkɒtɪˈliːdən| [ad. mod.L. monocotylēdōn, f. Gr. µόνο-ς mono- + κοτυληδών cup-shaped cavity: see cotyledon. The term Monocotyledones was employed by Ray, but its practical introduction into botanical classification dates from Jussieu 1779.] A flowering plant having one cotyledon or seed-leaf in the embryo. The Monocotyledons (in Bot. Lat. Monocotyledones), or Endogens, constitute one of the two great classes of flowering plants.
[1703Ray Methodus Plant. 2 Monocotyledones, quæ nec folia seminalia bina efferunt, nec lobos binos condunt.] 1727Bailey (vol. II.), Monocotyledon, which springs from the Seed with a single Leaf at first, as Corn, Tulips, Onions, &c. 1800tr. Lagrange's Chem. II. 261 It is chiefly from the seeds of the monocotyledons..that the greater part of the feculæ are extracted. 1857Henfrey Elem. Bot. §750 The stems of Monocotyledons are very generally herbaceous. |

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