Meanings
plural monocotyledons
- biologyAny 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.
Elachistine moths are the world’s most species-rich group of Lepidoptera that specialize on monocotyledon plants, especially grasses and sedges.
2011 November 18, Lauri Kaila, Elachistine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae) (Animal & Veterinary Science)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
- Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
- Englishmono-
- Englishcotyledon
- Englishmonocotyledon
Translations
Bulgarian едносемеделни
- едносемеделни (ednosemedelni)Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Czech jednoděložné
- jednoděložnéPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Danish enkimbladede
- enkimbladedePlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Dutch eenzaadlobbige
- eenzaadlobbigePlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Estonian üheidulehelised
- üheidulehelisedPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Finnish yksisirkkaiset
- yksisirkkaisetPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
French monocotylédone
- monocotylédonePlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
German einkeimblättrigen
- einkeimblättrigenPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Greek μονοκοτυλήδονα, μονοκοτυλήδονο
- μονοκοτυλήδονα (monokotylídona)Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
- μονοκοτυλήδονο (monokotylídono)Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Hindi एकबीजपत्री
- एकबीजपत्री (ekbījpatrī)Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Hungarian egyszikűek
- egyszikűekPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Icelandic einkímblöðungar
- einkímblöðungarPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Japanese 単子葉植物
- 単子葉植物 (tanshiyō shokubutsu)Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Korean 외떡잎식물, 단자엽식물
- 외떡잎식물 (oetteogipsingmul)Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
- 단자엽식물 (danjayeopsingmul)Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Latvian viendīgļlapji
- viendīgļlapjiPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Lithuanian vienaskilčiai
- vienaskilčiaiPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Norwegian enfrøbladet plante
- enfrøbladet plantePlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Norwegian Bokmål enfrøbladinger
- enfrøbladingerPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Persian تکلپهای
- تکلپهای (tak-lape-'i)Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Polish jednoliścienne
- jednoliściennePlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Portuguese monocotiledónea, monocotiledônea
- monocotiledóneaPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
- monocotiledôneaPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Romanian monocotiledonă
- monocotiledonăPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Russian однодольные
- однодольные (odnodolʹnyje)Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Slovak jednoklíčnolistové
- jednoklíčnolistovéPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Spanish monocotiledónea, monocotiledón
- monocotiledóneaPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
- monocotiledónPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Tagalog sambindahon, sambin
- sambindahonPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
- sambinPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Tamil ஒருவித்திலையி
- ஒருவித்திலையி (oruvittilaiyi)Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Thai พืชใบเลี้ยงเดี่ยว
- พืชใบเลี้ยงเดี่ยว (pʉ̂ʉt-bai-líiang-dìao)Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Ukrainian однодольні
- однодольні (odnodolʹni)Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Vietnamese thực vật một lá mầm
- thực vật một lá mầmPlant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with monocotyledon
Cite this entry
monocotyledon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monocotyledon
“monocotyledon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monocotyledon. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monocotyledon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monocotyledon.
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