Monocotyledon

monocotyledon (alt. monocot, adj. monocotyledonous) A plant with one cotyledon or seed leaf. GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms New Search: ...

Monocot - or monocotyledon, flowering plants that have embryos with only one cotyledon. Monoecious - plants that have both male and female flowers on the same plant.

Palms are a woody monocotyledon of the family Arecaceae. They are composed of durable, fibrous material, and they leave fairly good fossil records, some of which have been traced to the cretaceous period, about 65 million years ago.

In monocotyledons, the seed contains only one seed leaf and in dicotyledons it has two. In monocots, such as grasses, the single cotyledon remains inside the seed and acts as a digestive organ for the embryo.

A common symptom induced in leaves by many plant virus infections in which there is a pattern of dark green, light green and sometimes chlorotic areas. This pattern is often associated with the distribution of veins in the leaf. In monocotyledonous ...

A tract of wet or periodically inundated treeless land, usually characterized by grasses, cattails, or other monocotyledons (sedges, lilies, irises, orchids, palms, etc.). Marshes may be either fresh or saltwater, tidal or non-tidal.

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