monocotyledon

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ cotyledon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnəˌkɒtɪˈliːdən/

Noun

monocotyledon (plural monocotyledons)

1. (botany) 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.
   • 2011 November 18, Lauri Kaila, Elachistine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae) (Animal & Veterinary Science)‎^[1]:

     Elachistine moths are the world’s most species-rich group of Lepidoptera that specialize on monocotyledon plants, especially grasses and sedges.

Usage notes

• Outside definitions or strict taxonomic usage, monocot is the preferred form.

Synonyms

• (plant with single seed leaf): monocot, liliopsid

Hyponyms

• (plant with single seed leaf): grass, lily, orchid, palm

Translations

Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida

• Azerbaijani: birləpəlilər
• Belarusian: аднадольныя (adnadólʹnyja)
• Bulgarian: едносемеделни (bg) (ednosemedelni)
• Czech: jednoděložné
• Danish: enkimbladede
• Dutch: eenzaadlobbige m
• Estonian: üheidulehelised
• Faroese: einnælingur m
• Finnish: yksisirkkaiset (fi)
• French: monocotylédone (fr) f
• Georgian: ერთლებნიანები (ertlebnianebi)
• German: einkeimblättrigen (de)
• Greek: μονοκοτυλήδονα (el) n pl (monokotylídona)
• Hindi: एकबीजपत्री (ekbījpatrī)
• Hungarian: egyszikűek (hu)
• Icelandic: einkímblöðungar
• Japanese: 単子葉植物 (ja) (たんしようしょくぶつ, tanshiyō shokubutsu)
• Javanese: ꦠꦼꦠꦤ꧀ꦢꦸꦫꦤ꧀​ꦮꦶꦗꦶ​ꦠꦸꦁꦒꦭ꧀ (tetanduran wiji tunggal)
• Kazakh: дара жарнақтылар (dara jarnaqtylar)
• Korean: 외떡잎식물 (oetteogipsingmul), 단자엽식물 (danjayeopsingmul)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: yekqalikan

• Latvian: viendīgļlapji
• Lithuanian: vienaskilčiai
• Nepali: एकदलीय वनस्पति (ekadlīya vanaspati)
• Norwegian: enfrøbladet plante

  Bokmål: enfrøbladinger

• Persian: تک‌لپه‌ای (tak-lape-'i)
• Polish: jednoliścienne (pl)
• Portuguese: monocotiledónea f (Portugal), monocotiledônea f (Brazil)
• Quechua: ch'ulla phutuy raphiyuq
• Romanian: monocotiledonă f
• Russian: однодольные (ru) (odnodolʹnyje)
• Serbo-Croatian: jednosupnice (sh)
• Slovak: jednoklíčnolistové
• Slovene: enokaličnice
• Spanish: monocotiledónea (es) f, monocotiledón (es)
• Tagalog: sambindahon, sambin
• Tamil: ஒருவித்திலையி (oruvittilaiyi)
• Telugu: ఏకదళబీజాలు (te) (ēkadaḷabījālu)
• Thai: พืชใบเลี้ยงเดี่ยว (pʉ̂ʉt-bai-líiang-dìao)
• Tongan: lautengaʻitaha
• Ukrainian: однодольні (odnodolʹni)
• Vietnamese: thực vật một lá mầm (vi)

See also

• dicotyledon
• monocots