Source : WordNet®

class Monocotyledones
     n : comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single
         cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses
         and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four
         subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae;
         Commelinidae; and Liliidae [syn: {Monocotyledones}, {Monocotyledonae},
          {class Monocotyledonae}, {Liliopsida}, {class Liliopsida}]