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[Mono- +
Gr. &?; couch, fr. &?; to lie down: cf. F. monocline.]
(Bot.) Hermaphrodite, or having both stamens and pistils
in every flower.

||Mon`o*con"dy*la (?), n. pl. [NL. See
Mono-, and Condyle.] (Zoöl.) A group
of vertebrates, including the birds and reptiles, or those that have
only one occipital condyle; the Sauropsida.

Mon"o*co*tyl (?), n. (Bot.)
Any monocotyledonous plant.

Mon"o*co*tyle (?), a. [Cf. F.
monocotyle.] (Bot.) Monocotyledonous.

Mon`o*cot`y*le"don (?), n. [Mono-
+ cotyledon: cf. F. monocotylédone.]
(Bot.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed
lobe.

&fist; The plural, monocotyledons, is used as the name of a
large class of plants, and is generally understood to be equivalent
to the term endogens.

Mon`o*cot`y*le"don*ous (?), a. [Cf. F.
monocotylédoné.] (Bot.) Having only
one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf.

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