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- noun genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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- Andropogon
- Borassus
- Carex
- Chloris
- Cocos
- Colocasia
- Cyperus
- Cypripedium
- Dieffenbachia
- Dracula
- Egeria
- Eragrostis
- Euterpe
- Habenaria
- Juncus
- Leymus
- Lolium
- Malaxis
- Mayaca
- Musa
- Najas
- Oryza
- Oryzopsis
- Panicum
- Phoenix
- Pholidota
- Sabal
- Saccharum
- Secale
- Tradescantia
- Zea
- Zizania
- acorus
- acrocomia
- aegilops
- aglaonema
- agropyron
- alisma
- alopecurus
- ananas
- angraecum
- anigozanthus
- anoectochilus
- aplectrum
- arisaema
- arisarum
- arundinaria
- arundo
- attalea
- bambusa
- bletilla
- bouteloua
- brassia
- bromelia
- bromus
- buchloe
- burmannia
- calamagrostis
- calla
- calopogon
- caryota
- catasetum
- cenchrus
- cephalanthera
- ceroxylon
- cleistes
- coeloglossum
- copernicia
- corallorhiza
- cortaderia
- coryanthes
- corypha
- curcuma
- cycnoches
- cynodon
- dactylis
- dactyloctenium
- dactylorhiza
- dendrocalamus
- digitaria
- ditchmoss
- dracunculus
- dryadella
- eburophyton
- echinochloa
- eichhornia
- elaeis
- eleocharis
- elettaria
- eleusine
- elodea
- elymus
- encyclia
- ensete
- epidendrum
- epipactis
- epipremnum
- erianthus
- eriocaulon
- eriophorum
- festuca
- genus acorus
- genus acrocomia
- genus aegilops
- genus aerides
- genus aglaonema
- genus agropyron
- genus alisma
- genus alocasia
- genus alopecurus
- genus amorphophallus
- genus ananas
- genus andropogon
- genus angraecum
- genus angrecum
- genus anigozanthus
- genus anoectochilus
- genus anthurium
- genus aplectrum
- genus areca
- genus arethusa
- genus arisaema
- genus arisarum
- genus arum
- genus arundinaria
- genus arundo
- genus attalea
- genus bambusa
- genus bletia
- genus bletilla
- genus borassus
- genus bouteloua
- genus brassavola
- genus brassia
- genus bromus
- genus buchloe
- genus burmannia
- genus caladenia
- genus caladium
- genus calamagrostis
- genus calamus
- genus calanthe
- genus calla
- genus calopogon
- genus calypso
- genus canna
- genus carex
- genus caryota
- genus catasetum
- genus cattleya
- genus cenchrus
- genus cephalanthera
- genus ceroxylon
- genus chloris
- genus cleistes
- genus cocos
- genus coeloglossum
- genus coelogyne
- genus colocasia
- genus commelina
- genus copernicia
- genus corallorhiza
- genus corozo
- genus cortaderia
- genus coryanthes
- genus corypha
- genus cryptocoryne
- genus curcuma
- genus cycnoches
- genus cymbidium
- genus cynodon
- genus cyperus
- genus cypripedium
- genus dactylis
- genus dactyloctenium
- genus dactylorhiza
- genus dendrobium
- genus dendrocalamus
- genus dieffenbachia
- genus digitaria
- genus disa
- genus dracontium
- genus dracula
- genus dracunculus
- genus dryadella
- genus eburophyton
- genus echinochloa
- genus egeria
- genus eichhornia
- genus elaeis
- genus eleocharis
- genus elettaria
- genus eleusine
- genus elodea
- genus elymus
- genus encyclia
- genus ensete
- genus epidendrum
- genus epipactis
- genus epipremnum
- genus eragrostis
- genus erianthus
- genus eriocaulon
- genus eriophorum
- genus euterpe
- genus festuca
- genus glossodia
- genus glyceria
- genus goodyera
- genus grammatophyllum
- genus groenlandia
- genus gymnadenia
- genus gymnadeniopsis
- genus habenaria
- genus haemodorum
- genus heteranthera
- genus hexalectris
- genus himantoglossum
- genus holcus
- genus hordeum
- genus hydrilla
- genus hydrocharis
- genus juncus
- genus laelia
- genus lemna
- genus leymus
- genus limnobium
- genus liparis
- genus listera
- genus lolium
- genus lysichiton
- genus lysichitum
- genus malaxis
- genus maranta
- genus masdevallia
- genus maxillaria
- genus mayaca
- genus metroxylon
- genus miltonia
- genus monstera
- genus muhlenbergia
- genus musa
- genus naias
- genus najas
- genus nephthytis
- genus nipa
- genus nypa
- genus odontoglossum
- genus oncidium
- genus ophrys
- genus orbignya
- genus orchis
- genus orontium
- genus oryza
- genus oryzopsis
- genus pandanus
- genus panicum
- genus paphiopedilum
- genus paspalum
- genus peltandra
- genus pennisetum
- genus phaius
- genus phalaenopsis
- genus phalaris
- genus philodendron
- genus phleum
- genus phoenicophorium
- genus phoenix
- genus pholidota
- genus phragmipedium
- genus phragmites
- genus phyllostachys
- genus pistia
- genus platanthera
- genus plectorrhiza
- genus pleione
- genus pleurothallis
- genus poa
- genus pogonia
- genus pontederia
- genus potamogeton
- genus pothos
- genus psychopsis
- genus pterostylis
- genus raffia
- genus raphia
- genus ravenala
- genus rhapis
- genus rhyncostylis
- genus roystonea
- genus sabal
- genus saccharum
- genus sagittaria
- genus sarcochilus
- genus scaphosepalum
- genus schizachyrium
- genus schomburgkia
- genus scindapsus
- genus scirpus
- genus secale
- genus selenipedium
- genus serenoa
- genus setaria
- genus sobralia
- genus sorghum
- genus sparganium
- genus spartina
- genus spathiphyllum
- genus spiranthes
- genus spirodela
- genus sporobolus
- genus stanhopea
- genus stelis
- genus stenotaphrum
- genus strelitzia
- genus symplocarpus
- genus syngonium
- genus thrinax
- genus tillandsia
- genus tradescantia
- genus trichoceros
- genus triglochin
- genus triticum
- genus typha
- genus vallisneria
- genus vanda
- genus vanilla
- genus wolffia
- genus wolffiella
- genus xanthosoma
- genus xyris
- genus zannichellia
- genus zantedeschia
- genus zea
- genus zingiber
- genus zizania
- genus zoisia
- genus zostera
- genus zoysia
- glossodia
- glyceria
- goodyera
- grammatophyllum
- groenlandia
- gymnadenia
- gymnadeniopsis
- haemodorum
- heteranthera
- hexalectris
- himantoglossum
- holcus
- hordeum
- hydrocharis
- lemna
- liliid monocot genus
- limnobium
- listera
- lysichiton
- lysichitum
- metroxylon
- miltonia
- muhlenbergia
- naias
- nipa
- nypa
- ophrys
- orbignya
- orontium
- paphiopedilum
- peltandra
- pennisetum
- phalaenopsis
- phalaris
- phleum
- phoenicophorium
- phragmipedium
- phragmites
- phyllostachys
- platanthera
- plectorrhiza
- pleione
- poa
- pondweed
- pontederia
- potamogeton
- psychopsis
- pterostylis
- raffia
- raphia
- rhapis
- rhyncostylis
- roystonea
- sagittaria
- sarcochilus
- scaphosepalum
- schizachyrium
- schomburgkia
- scindapsus
- scirpus
- selenipedium
- serenoa
- setaria
- sorghum
- sparganium
- spartina
- spiranthes
- spirodela
- sporobolus
- stenotaphrum
- strelitzia
- symplocarpus
- syngonium
- thrinax
- tillandsia
- trichoceros
- triglochin
- triticum
- typha
- vallisneria
- wolffia
- wolffiella
- xanthosoma
- xyris
- zannichellia
- zantedeschia
- zingiber
- zoisia
- zostera
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