monocot

Wave Hill's 28-acre grounds encompass a conservatory, a flower garden, an herb garden, a wild garden, a water garden and "something called a monocot garden," Ms. Strazzera said.

NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL TORTORELLO 2012

Wave Hill's 28-acre grounds encompass a conservatory, a flower garden, an herb garden, a wild garden, a water garden and "something called a monocot garden," Strazzera said.

The Seattle Times 2012

The water poppy monocot, meaning that it has only one cotyledon inside its seeds.

CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

Another curious aspect of the corn plant, other than the nerd fact that it is a monocot, is its ability to produce aerial roots at the first above-ground node.

Groundwork: When Sweet Corn Tasted Like Corn 2010

From the point of view of the earth, three cycles of Mercury describe the shape of most monocot seeds.

Archive 2009-04-10 2009

From the point of view of the earth, three cycles of Mercury describe the shape of most monocot seeds.

An Exploration into an Integral Approach to Knowledge 2009

Geophyte diversity is remarkably high; the lowland and montane fynbos ecoregions support about 1,500 species, most belonging to the petaloid monocot families, notably Iridaceae, Orchidaceae, Hyacinthaceae, and Amaryllidaceae.

Montane fynbos and renosterveld 2008

The first line of the book exemplifies the flowery writing throughout: “Doomed, a painted skimmer cuts (cuts a hundred bias lines per minute) air rich with midges: curves past blue dashers (out for midges, too); breaks through pickerel weeds; stops short on a nodding monocot: a rush for rest.”

2007 December 16 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2007

In larger seeds the difference between a monocot and a dicot is obvious.

5. How plants live and grow 1991

(Gramineae) which accounts for the major portion of the monocot

Chapter 7 1981