monocotyln.adj.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈkɒtᵻl/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈkɒtʌɪl/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈkɑd(ə)l/ Botany. rare.† A. n.
= monocotyledon n. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [noun] > monocot, dicot, or polycotyleden
dicotyledon1727
monocotyledon1727
polycotyledon1828
dictyogen1841
monocot1854
homogen1866
dicot1877
monocotyl1877
1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) i. 354 Types..of the monocotyls on the one hand, and of the Dicotyls on the other.
B. adj.
Chiefly North American. = monocotyledonous adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [adjective] > mono-, di-, or polycotyledonous
monocotyledonous1770
dicotyledonous1785
polycotyledonous1800
monocotyle1828
monocotyledonous1849
dictyogenous1852
dicotyledonary1870
monocotylous1905
monocot1938
polycotyledonary1989
monocotyl1995
1995 Jrnl. Appl. Entomol. 119 345 Monocotyl plants constituted from 92%–100% of diet.
1997 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 90 646 (title) Influence of monocotyl leaf anatomy on the feeding pattern of a grass-mining agromyzid.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1877