ADJECTIVE
- (of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies
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- Dianthoides, several Astragali, one with the pinnulae dentato serratis, petiola spinosa, a tufted Monocotyledonous plant with terete canaliculate subulate leaves, _Salvia_, Gramen alterum, Composita dislocata, Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
- The test results of ethametsulfuron to control monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous weed in oil rape fieldshowed much better than those of traditional herbicides.
- Dianthoides, several Astragali, one with the pinnulae dentato serratis, petiola spinosa, a tufted Monocotyledonous plant with terete canaliculate subulate leaves, _Salvia_, Gramen alterum, Composita dislocata, Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
- Amorphophallus is a monocotyledonous perennial herb. Konjac glucomannan which is rich in the corm has been applied widely in food, medicine, chemistry and agriculture industry.
- Although GVG-regulated gene expression has been characterized extensively in dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants such as tobacco, Arabidopsis, and rice, it has not been tested in gymnosperms.
- = -- An increased number of stamens frequently accompanies the corresponding alterations in other whorls, and seems, if anything, to be more frequent among monocotyledonous plants than among dicotyledonous ones; thus, we occasionally find tetramerous flowers in _Crocus_, _Hyacinthus_, _Tulipa_, _Iris_, Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
- This last kind is frequently called the botanic stove as it is most common in botanic gardens; and it is best adapted for growing palms, and other monocotyledonous plants with large leaves, such as bananas, which require abundance of air and light. The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
- Seagrass is a kind of monocotyledonous plants growing in shallow coastal area and playing an important role in maintaining offshore ecological balance.
- ` ` No, dear, not every one; plants are divided into two kinds: those which have two food leaves, like these plants, and those which have only one; these are called dicotyledonous, and the ones which have but one food leaf are monocotyledonous. Stories to Tell to Children: Fifty-One Stories With Some Suggestions for Telling
- All these plants are grouped under three main divisions: apetalous, monocotyledonous, and dicotyledonous; and these main divisions are further subdivided. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887