Translingual

Alternative forms

• Monocots

Etymology

Plural of English monocot, a shortening of monocotyledon.

Proper noun

monocots

1. A taxonomic clade within the clade angiosperms – plants, the seedlings of which have one seed leaf, or cotyledon.

Hyponyms

• (clade within angiosperms): Acorales, Alismatales, Asparagales, Dioscoreales, Liliales, Pandanales, Petrosaviales - orders; commelinids - clade (APG III system)

Coordinate terms

• (clade within angiosperms): magnoliids, eudicots

Translations

English

Noun

monocots

1. plural of monocot