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monocotyledons
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Monocotyledon \Mon`o*cot`y*le"don\, n. [Mono- + cotyledon: cf.
F. monocotyl['e]done.] (Bot.)
A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe; a member of
the Monocotyledonae.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The plural, monocotyledons, is used as the name of a
large class of plants (the Monocotyledones, or
Monocotyledonae), and is generally understood to be
equivalent to the term endogens.
[1913 Webster] Monocotyledonae
