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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Monocotyledonae \Monocotyledonae\, Monocotyledones \Monocotyledones\prop. n. A class of plants comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: grasses; lilies; palms; and orchids. It is divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae. Syn: class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Monocotyledonae n 1: 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 [syn: Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida]