Definition of monocot in English:
monocot
noun ˈmɒnə(ʊ)kɒtˈmänəˌkät
Botany A monocotyledon.
Example sentencesExamples
- Such herbaceous monocots are envisaged as evolving in the relatively uniform environment of the moist tropics.
- Because the blade of grass-type monocots elongate due to activity of the intercalary meristem at the blade base, the tip of the blade is more aged than the base.
- Potamogeton pectinatus is an aquatic monocot that overwinters as small tubers in the beds of lakes and rivers where oxygen supply can be severely limited or extinguished.
- Conifers resemble monocots rather than dicots in leaf development.
- The known flora consists of 41 ferns and fern allies, 3 gymnosperms, 291 monocots, and 516 dicots.