Monocotyledones (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Monocotyledones are characterized by the presence of one cotyledon in the seed embryo and generally have leaves with parallel veins.
- Phylogeny suggests that the monocotyledones diverged from the dicotyledons more than a hundred million years ago during the Cretaceous period.
- The vast array of monocotyledones include everyday common grass, lilies, orchids, and date palms among a wide variety of economically vital plants.
- Monocotyledones are divided into several subgroups including Alismatidae, which holds flowering aquatic plants often seen in ponds and lakes.
- Classifying and cataloging all types of the diverse monocotyledones is an exhaustive endeavor undertaken by modern-day and historical botanists worldwide.