English Dictionary

monocotyledon

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌmɒnəˌkɒtɪˈliːdən/

名詞

(botany) Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots), thereby belonging to the taxonomic monocots, formerly variously known as Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, or Liliopsida, a class in the angiosperms (Angiospermae), the flowering plants.

日本語の意味

単子葉植物：発芽時に通常1枚の子葉（胚葉）を持つ植物。

The botanist identified the plant as a monocotyledon after examining the seedling's single cotyledon and parallel leaf veins.

植物学者は幼苗の子葉が一つで葉脈が平行であることを調べ、その植物を単子葉植物と同定した。

意味（1）

(botany) Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots), thereby belonging to the taxonomic monocots, formerly variously known as Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, or Liliopsida, a class in the angiosperms (Angiospermae), the flowering plants.

Elachistine moths are the world’s most species-rich group of Lepidoptera that specialize on monocotyledon plants, especially grasses and sedges.

monocotyledons （ plural ）