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monocotyledon

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɒnəˌkɒtɪˈliːdən/
  • /ˌmɑnəˌkɑ.təˈli.dən/ General American, Atlantic Canadian
  • [ˌmɑnəˌkɑ.ɾəˈli.dən] General American, Atlantic Canadian
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌmɒnəˌkɒtɪˈliːdən/ of the US
  • rhymes with -iːdən

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: monocot, liliopsid, endogen

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: angiosperm, flowering plant

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English cotyledon English monocotyledon From mono- + cotyledon.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: birləpəlilər — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Belarusian: аднадольныя (adnadólʹnyja) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Bulgarian: едносемеделни (ednosemedelni) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Czech: jednoděložné — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Danish: enkimbladede — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Dutch: eenzaadlobbige — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Estonian: üheidulehelised — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Faroese: einnælingur — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Finnish: yksisirkkaiset — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • French: monocotylédone — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Georgian: ერთლებნიანები (ertlebnianebi) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • German: einkeimblättrigen — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Greek: μονοκοτυλήδονα (monokotylídona) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Greek: μονοκοτυλήδονο (monokotylídono) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Hindi: एकबीजपत्री (ekbījpatrī) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Hungarian: egyszikűek — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Icelandic: einkímblöðungar — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Japanese: 単子葉植物 (tanshiyō shokubutsu) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Javanese: ꦠꦼꦠꦤ꧀ꦢꦸꦫꦤ꧀ꦮꦶꦗꦶꦠꦸꦁꦒꦭ꧀ (tetanduran wiji tunggal) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Kazakh: дара жарнақтылар (dara jarnaqtylar) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Korean: 외떡잎식물 (oetteogipsingmul) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Korean: 단자엽식물 (danjayeopsingmul) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Northern Kurdish: yekqalikan — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Latvian: viendīgļlapji — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Lithuanian: vienaskilčiai — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Nepali: एकदलीय वनस्पति (ekadlīya vanaspati) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Norwegian: enfrøbladet plante — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Norwegian Bokmål: enfrøbladinger — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Persian: تکلپهای (tak-lape-'i) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Polish: jednoliścienne — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Portuguese: monocotiledónea — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Portuguese: monocotiledônea — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Quechua: ch'ulla phutuy raphiyuq — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Romanian: monocotiledonă — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Russian: однодольные (odnodolʹnyje) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Serbo-Croatian: jednosupnice — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Slovak: jednoklíčnolistové — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Slovene: enokaličnice — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Spanish: monocotiledónea — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Spanish: monocotiledón — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Tagalog: sambindahon — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Tagalog: sambin — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Tamil: ஒருவித்திலையி (oruvittilaiyi) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Telugu: ఏకదళబీజాలు (ēkadaḷabījālu) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Thai: พืชใบเลี้ยงเดี่ยว (pʉ̂ʉt-bai-líiang-dìao) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Tongan: lautengaʻitaha — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Ukrainian: однодольні (odnodolʹni) — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida
  • Vietnamese: thực vật một lá mầm — Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida