monocotyledon

monocotyledon

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ cotyledon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnəˌkɒtɪˈliːdən/

Noun

monocotyledon (plural monocotyledons)

1. (botany) Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots), thereby belonging to the taxonomic monocots, formerly variously known as Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, or Liliopsida, a class in the angiosperms (Angiospermae), the flowering plants.

Usage notes

• Outside definitions or strict taxonomic usage, monocot is the preferred form.

Synonyms

• (plant with single seed leaf): monocot, liliopsid

Hyponyms

• (plant with single seed leaf): grass, lily, orchid, palm

Translations

Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida

Azerbaijani: birləpəlilər Belarusian: аднадольныя (adnadólʹnyja) Bulgarian: едносемеделни (bg) (ednosemedelni) Czech: jednoděložné Danish: enkimbladede Dutch: eenzaadlobbigen Estonian: üheidulehelised Faroese: einnælingur m Finnish: yksisirkkaiset (fi) French: monocotylédone (fr) f Georgian: ერთლებნიანები (ertlebnianebi) German: einkeimblättrigen (de) Greek: μονοκοτυλήδονα n pl (monokotylídona) Hindi: एकबीजपत्री (ekabījapatrī) Hungarian: egyszikűek Icelandic: einkímblöðungar Japanese: 単子葉植物 (ja) (たんしようしょくぶつ, tanshiyō shokubutsu) Javanese: ꦠꦼꦠꦤ꧀ꦢꦸꦫꦤ꧀​ꦮꦶꦗꦶ​ꦠꦸꦁꦒꦭ꧀ (tetanduran wiji tunggal) Kazakh: дара жарнақтылар (dara jarnaqtılar) Korean: 외떡잎식물 (oetteogipsingmul), 단자엽식물 (danjayeopsingmul) Kurdish: yekqalikan‎ (yekqalikan) Latvian: viendīgļlapji

Lithuanian: vienaskilčiai Nepali: एकदलीय वनस्पति (ekadalīya vanaspati) Norwegian: enfrøbladet plante Bokmål: enfrøbladinger Persian: تک‌لپه‌ای‎ (taklape'i) Polish: jednoliścienne Portuguese: monocotiledónea f (Portugal), monocotiledônea f (Brazil) Quechua: ch'ulla phutuy raphiyuq Romanian: monocotiledonă f Russian: однодольные (odnodolʹnyje) Serbo-Croatian: jednosupnice (sh) Slovak: jednoklíčnolistové Slovene: enokaličnice Spanish: monocotiledónea (es) f, monocotiledón (es) Tagalog: sambindahon, sambin Tamil: ஒருவித்திலையி (oruvittilaiyi) Telugu: ఏకదళబీజాలు (te) (ēkadaḷabījālu) Thai: พืชใบเลี้ยงเดี่ยว (phụ̄ch bıleī̂yng deī̀yw) Tongan: lautengaʻitaha Ukrainian: однодольні (odnodolʹni) Vietnamese: thực vật một lá mầm (vi)

See also

• dicotyledon