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Meanings of monocotyledonous in English

(Of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies.

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        Examples for "dicotyledonous"
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        These results provide evidence for microcolinearity between closely and distantly related dicotyledonous species.
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        Under the dicotyledonous groups, there are no plants with simplicity of floral elements.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887
        3
        Lastly, the wide distribution in the dicotyledonous series of plants with cotyledons which sleep.
        The Power of Movement in Plants
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        Compounds 1, 2, and 7 showed selective phytotoxicity toward monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous species.
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        Dipterocarpus, a genus of the Dipterocarpaceae, a family of dicotyledonous plants restricted to the tropics of the Old World.)
        More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
        Usage of monocotyledonous in English
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        Seagrasses evolved from monocotyledonous land plants that returned to the marine habitat.
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        2
        Reflect on the monocotyledonous plant just discovered in the PRIMORDIAL formation in Sweden.
        Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
        3
        What is the monocotyledonous plant* that furnishes these admirable reeds?
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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        Compounds 1, 2, and 7 showed selective phytotoxicity toward monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous species.
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        The typical and beautifully preserved Palm-wood from Cretaceous rocks is striking evidence of the early evolution of a characteristic monocotyledonous family.
        Darwin and Modern Science
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        It is the domain of the monocotyledonous plants; for amidst the gramina only a few Maguey* plants rise here and there (* Agave Americana.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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        The forerunners now appeared of the modern dicotyls (plants with two seed leaves), and in the Middle Cretaceous the monocotyledonous group of palms came in.
        The Elements of Geology
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        Among angiosperm, there were 212 dicotyledonous species belonging to 118 genera and 45 families and 41 monocotyledonous species belonging to 29 genera and 9 families.
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        This case is an interesting one, for no other Monocotyledonous plant is known to be heterostyled.
        The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
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        "I'll swear they were monocotyledonous, which, after all, is what one would expect.
        Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
        Monocotyledonous through the time