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Monocotyledonous   Listen
Monocotyledonous

adjective
1.
(of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies.





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"Monocotyledonous" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Aix, is the most esteemed. Florence oil is the virgin oil expressed from the ripe fruit soon after being gathered; it is imported in flasks surrounded by a kind of network formed by the leaves of a monocotyledonous plant, and packed in half chests; it is that used at table under the name of salad oil. Lucca oil is imported in jars holding nineteen gallons each. Genoa oil is another fine kind. Galipoli oil forms the largest portion of the olive oil brought to England, it is imported ...
— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds


Words linked to "Monocotyledonous" :   flora, plant life, dicotyledonous, monocotyledon, plant


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