[Gk. monos, single + kotyledon, a cup- shaped hollow] A member of the class of flowering plants having one seed leaf, or cotyledon, among other distinguishing features; often abbreviated as monocot.

Germinates with one seed leafA Monocotyledon is a plant that has one seed leaf when it germinates. E.g. All grasses are Monocotyledons.

or monocot

See monocot.

A plant bearing one seed leaf.

Plants in this group have one seed leaf (see Cotyledon

(Gk: monos= single; kotule=cup; kotuledon= cup shaped cavity)  a flowering plant characterised chiefly by a single seed leaf (cotyledon) and by an endogenous (growing from within) mode of growth. See [..]

[Plant Groups] -- Broad category of flowering plant, with one seedling leaf e.g. palms and grasses mostly with many nerves running parallel.

(n) a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside

 

Any flowering plant whose first sprout from the seed has only one leaf, e.g. grasses, sedges, rushes, orchids, palms, bamboo. These are used as larval foodplants of Hesperiinae, Morphinae and Satyrina [..]

See monocot.