monocotyledonae

Noun

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Monocotyledones , class Monocotyledones , Monocotyledonae , class Monocotyledonae , Liliopsida , class Liliopsida