monocot

Thân thiện

A gardener plants a monocot bulb in the spring soil.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A monocotyledonous flowering plant: A plant belonging to the class Monocotyledonae, characterized by having a single embryonic seed leaf (cotyledon), parallel-veined leaves, and flower parts usually in multiples of three. The stem grows by deposits on its inside.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Grasses, lilies, and orchids are all examples of a monocot.
  • You can identify a monocot by examining the veins in its leaves, which typically run parallel to each other.
  • The botanist explained that a palm tree is a monocot, not a tree with a traditional woody trunk.

Advanced Usage

• In botanical classification: The term "monocot" is used in scientific and educational contexts to categorize and contrast major groups of angiosperms (flowering plants).
  • The study focused on the evolutionary divergence between monocots and dicots.

Variants and Related Words

• Monocotyledon (n): The full, formal term for a monocot.
  • Monocotyledons represent one of the two major groups of flowering plants.
• Monocotyledonous (adj): Describing the characteristics of a monocot.
  • The monocotyledonous structure of the plant was evident under the microscope.

Synonyms

• Liliopsid (n): A synonym used in some taxonomic systems.
• Monocotyledon (n): The formal equivalent.

Antonyms

• Dicot (n): A dicotyledonous plant, which has two embryonic seed leaves.
  • A rose is a dicot, while a tulip is a monocot.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• monocotyledon
• liliopsid
• endogen