Monocotyledonous: alternatives and connections

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.

Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of…

Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water…

To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicati…

A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of…

A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorp…

A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon.

Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow.

Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe.

To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, op…

Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonou…

A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe.

The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called als…

The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything…

A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a co…