monocots
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Translingual
Alternative forms
Etymology
Plural of English monocot, a shortening of monocotyledon.
Proper noun
monocots
- A taxonomic clade within the clade angiosperms – plants, the seedlings of which have one seed leaf, or cotyledon.
Hypernyms
- (clade within angiosperms): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms
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
clade within angiosperms
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References
monocots on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
monocots on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - APG IV system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:monocots on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - monocots at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- eMonocots website
English
Noun
monocots