English > monocot genus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed. |
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| Synonym | liliopsid genus |
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| Member of | Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida | Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves |
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| Narrower | Acorus, genus Acorus | sweet flags |
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| Acrocomia, genus Acrocomia | Central and South American feather palms |
| Aegilops, genus Aegilops | goat grass |
| Aglaonema, genus Aglaonema | Climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers |
| Agropyron, genus Agropyron | perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions |
| Alisma, genus Alisma | small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants |
| Alopecurus, genus Alopecurus | annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds |
| Ananas, genus Ananas | A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples) |
| Andropogon, genus Andropogon | tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes |
| Anigozanthus, genus Anigozanthus | genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves |
| Anoectochilus, genus Anoectochilus | genus of delicate Asiatic orchids |
| Aplectrum, genus Aplectrum | A monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae |
| Arisaema, genus Arisaema | tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials |
| Arisarum, genus Arisarum | tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs |
| Arundinaria, genus Arundinaria | North American bamboo |
| Arundo, genus Arundo | Any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas |
| Attalea, genus Attalea | Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America |
| Bambusa, genus Bambusa | tall tender clumping bamboos |
| Bletilla, genus Bletilla | small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia |
| Borassus, genus Borassus | palmyra |
| Bouteloua, genus Bouteloua | forage grasses |
| Brassia, genus Brassia | genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips |
| Bromelia | The type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx |
| Bromus, genus Bromus | A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae |
| Buchloe, genus Buchloe | buffalo grass |
| Burmannia, genus Burmannia | type genus of the Burmanniaceae |
| Calamagrostis, genus Calamagrostis | reed grass |
| Calla, genus Calla | water arum |
| Calopogon, genus Calopogon | terrestrial orchids of North America |
| Carex, genus Carex | large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins |
| Caryota, genus Caryota | fishtail palms |
| Catasetum, genus Catasetum | genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences |
| Cenchrus, genus Cenchrus | A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs |
| Cephalanthera, genus Cephalanthera | small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids |
| Ceroxylon, genus Ceroxylon | wax palms |
| Chloris, genus Chloris | tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners |
| Cleistes, genus Cleistes | terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots |
| Cocos, genus Cocos | coconut palms |
| Coeloglossum, genus Coeloglossum | terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe |
| Colocasia, genus Colocasia | small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia |
| Copernicia, genus Copernicia | Slow-growing tropical fan palms |
| Corallorhiza, genus Corallorhiza | genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips |
| Cortaderia, genus Cortaderia | tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea |
| Coryanthes, genus Coryanthes | small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids |
| Corypha, genus Corypha | large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia |
| Curcuma, genus Curcuma | Tropical Asiatic perennial herbs |
| Cycnoches, genus Cycnoches | genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids |
| Cynodon, genus Cynodon | Creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa |
| Cyperus, genus Cyperus | type genus of Cyperaceae |
| Cypripedium, genus Cypripedium | genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids |
| Dactylis, genus Dactylis | A monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species) |
| Dactyloctenium, genus Dactyloctenium | A monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae |
| Dactylorhiza, genus Dactylorhiza | genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa |
| Dendrocalamus, genus Dendrocalamus | giant clump-forming bamboos |
| Dieffenbachia, genus Dieffenbachia | evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap |
| Digitaria, genus Digitaria | crab grass |
| Dracula, genus Dracula | Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia |
| Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus | tuberous herbaceous perennials |
| Dryadella, genus Dryadella | Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia |
| Eburophyton, genus Eburophyton | A monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae |
| Echinochloa, genus Echinochloa | annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions |
| Egeria, genus Egeria | small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants |
| Eichhornia, genus Eichhornia | water hyacinth |
| Elaeis, genus Elaeis | oil palms |
| Eleocharis, genus Eleocharis | sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths |
| Elettaria, genus Elettaria | cardamom |
| Eleusine, genus Eleusine | annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands |
| Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed, ditchmoss | submerged freshwater perennials |
| Elymus, genus Elymus | tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye) |
| Encyclia, genus Encyclia | large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies |
| Ensete, genus Ensete | (Old World tropical herbs) Abyssinian bananas |
| Epidendrum, genus Epidendrum | large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas |
| Epipactis, genus Epipactis | genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers |
| Epipremnum, genus Epipremnum | small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas |
| Eragrostis, genus Eragrostis | annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics |
| Erianthus, genus Erianthus | genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs |
| Eriocaulon, genus Eriocaulon | type genus of the Eriocaulaceae |
| Eriophorum, genus Eriophorum | cotton grass |
| Euterpe, genus Euterpe | A monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America |
| Festuca, genus Festuca | A genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae |
| Glossodia, genus Glossodia | small genus of Australian orchids |
| Glyceria, genus Glyceria | manna grass |
| Goodyera, genus Goodyera | genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers |
| Grammatophyllum, genus Grammatophyllum | small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia |
| Groenlandia, genus Groenlandia | A monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae |
| Gymnadenia, genus Gymnadenia | small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia |
| Gymnadeniopsis, genus Gymnadeniopsis | genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in genus Habenaria |
| Habenaria, genus Habenaria | chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes |
| Haemodorum, genus Haemodorum | type genus of family Haemodoraceae |
| Heteranthera, genus Heteranthera | mud plantains |
| Hexalectris, genus Hexalectris | A monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae |
| Himantoglossum, genus Himantoglossum | small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region |
| Holcus, genus Holcus | A genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America |
| Hordeum, genus Hordeum | annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America |
| Hydrocharis, genus Hydrocharis | frogbit |
| Juncus, genus Juncus | type genus of the Juncaceae |
| Lemna, genus Lemna | minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root |
| Leymus, genus Leymus | genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus |
| Limnobium, genus Limnobium | American frogbit |
| Listera, genus Listera | genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem |
| Lolium, genus Lolium | darnel |
| Lysichiton, genus Lysichiton, Lysichitum, genus Lysichitum | skunk cabbage |
| Malaxis, genus Malaxis | large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers |
| Mayaca, genus Mayaca | small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers |
| Metroxylon, genus Metroxylon | A genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die |
| Miltonia, genus Miltonia | genus of tropical American orchids |
| Muhlenbergia, genus Muhlenbergia | A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia |
| Musa, genus Musa | type genus of the Musaceae |
| Naias, genus Naias, Najas, genus Najas | sole genus of the family Naiadaceae |
| Nipa, genus Nipa, Nypa, genus Nypa | monotypic genus of palms of Australasia |
| Ophrys, genus Ophrys | A hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia |
| Orbignya, genus Orbignya | palms of southern Mexico to northern South America |
| Orontium, genus Orontium | One species of aquatic plant |
| Oryza, genus Oryza | rice |
| Oryzopsis, genus Oryzopsis | rice grass |
| Panicum, genus Panicum | panic grass |
| Paphiopedilum, genus Paphiopedilum | horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids |
| Peltandra, genus Peltandra | small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs |
| Pennisetum, genus Pennisetum | A genus of Old World grasses |
| Phalaenopsis, genus Phalaenopsis | genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia |
| Phalaris, genus Phalaris | A genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers |
| Phleum, genus Phleum | grasses native to temperate regions |
| Pholidota, genus Pholidota | genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific |
| Phragmipedium, genus Phragmipedium | genus of tropical American orchid species often included in genus ... / genus Cypripedium or Paphiopedilum and Selenipedium |
| Phragmites, genus Phragmites | reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions |
| Phyllostachys, genus Phyllostachys | Medium and large bamboos |
| Platanthera, genus Platanthera | herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres |
| Plectorrhiza, genus Plectorrhiza | small genus of Australian orchids |
| Pleione, genus Pleione | small genus of dwarf orchids |
| Poa, genus Poa | chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions |
| Pontederia, genus Pontederia | pickerelweed |
| Potamogeton, genus Potamogeton | A large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions |
| Psychopsis, genus Psychopsis | epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium |
| Pterostylis, genus Pterostylis | genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific |
| Raffia, genus Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia | feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar / Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes |
| Rhapis, genus Rhapis | genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan |
| Rhyncostylis, genus Rhyncostylis | genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia |
| Roystonea, genus Roystonea | A monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms |
| Sabal, genus Sabal | American dwarf fan palms |
| Saccharum, genus Saccharum | tall perennial reedlike grass originally / originally of southeastern Asia |
| Sagittaria, genus Sagittaria | genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers |
| Sarcochilus, genus Sarcochilus | diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers |
| Scaphosepalum, genus Scaphosepalum | Comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia |
| Schizachyrium, genus Schizachyrium | Overlaps the genus Andropogon |
| Schomburgkia, genus Schomburgkia | genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers |
| Scindapsus, genus Scindapsus, genus Pothos | evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots |
| Scirpus, genus Scirpus | rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs |
| Secale, genus Secale | cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain |
| Selenipedium, genus Selenipedium | genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids |
| Serenoa, genus Serenoa | One species |
| Setaria, genus Setaria | annual or perennial grasses of warm regions |
| Sparganium, genus Sparganium | type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae |
| Spartina, genus Spartina | grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands |
| Spiranthes, genus Spiranthes | large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids |
| Spirodela, genus Spirodela | minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots |
| Sporobolus, genus Sporobolus | cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass) |
| Stenotaphrum, genus Stenotaphrum | lawn grasses |
| Strelitzia, genus Strelitzia | small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants |
| Symplocarpus, genus Symplocarpus | One species |
| Syngonium, genus Syngonium | epiphytic or terrestrial climbing shrubs of Central and South America |
| Thrinax, genus Thrinax | small to medium-sized fan palms |
| Tillandsia, genus Tillandsia | large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses |
| Tradescantia, genus Tradescantia | spiderworts |
| Trichoceros, genus Trichoceros | small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America |
| Triglochin, genus Triglochin | perennial or annual bog or marsh plants |
| Triticum, genus Triticum | annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area |
| Typha, genus Typha | reed maces |
| Vallisneria, genus Vallisneria | eelgrass |
| Wolffia, genus Wolffia | minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond |
| Wolffiella, genus Wolffiella | minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond |
| Xanthosoma, genus Xanthosoma | Tropical American tuberous perennials |
| Xyris, genus Xyris | chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers |
| Zannichellia, genus Zannichellia | horned pondweed |
| Zantedeschia, genus Zantedeschia | calla lily |
| Zea, genus Zea | Corn |
| Zingiber, genus Zingiber | Tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants |
| Zizania, genus Zizania | wild rice |
| Zostera, genus Zostera | (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants |
| genus Aerides | epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia having stiff leaves and fragrant white flowers in arching racemes |
| genus Alocasia | Tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix |
| genus Amorphophallus | genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids |
| genus Angrecum, Angraecum, genus Angraecum | genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque |
| genus Anthurium | large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants |
| genus Areca | A monocotyledonous genus of palm trees |
| genus Arethusa | genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan |
| genus Arum | type genus of the Araceae |
| genus Bletia | genus of tropical American terrestrial orchids with large purple or pink flowers |
| genus Brassavola | genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic rhizomatous orchids |
| genus Caladenia | terrestrial orchids of Australia to New Caledonia |
| genus Caladium | small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves |
| genus Calamus | distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest / forest |
| genus Calanthe | large and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids |
| genus Calypso | One species found throughout much of northern North America and Eurasia |
| genus Canna | type and sole genus of the Cannaceae |
| genus Cattleya | large and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids |
| genus Coelogyne | large diverse genus of tropical Asiatic epiphytic orchids |
| genus Commelina | type genus of the Commelinaceae |
| genus Corozo | A monocotyledonous genus of tropical American palm trees |
| genus Cryptocoryne | water trumpet |
| genus Cymbidium | genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial Old World orchids |
| genus Dendrobium | large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia |
| genus Disa | genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids |
| genus Dracontium | small genus of tropical American cormous herbs |
| genus Hydrilla | One species |
| genus Laelia | large genus of mostly epiphytic or lithophytic Central and South American orchids of various sizes |
| genus Liparis | genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids |
| genus Maranta | herbs of tropical America |
| genus Masdevallia | large genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids whose flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube |
| genus Maxillaria | large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes |
| genus Monstera | Tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves |
| genus Nephthytis | small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs |
| genus Odontoglossum | large and important genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids |
| genus Oncidium | large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America |
| genus Orchis | type genus of the orchid family |
| genus Pandanus | type genus of the Pandanaceae (as screw pines) |
| genus Paspalum | A genus of perennial grasses of warm regions |
| genus Phaius | genus of Asiatic and Australian terrestrial orchids |
| genus Philodendron | Any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leaves |
| genus Pistia | One species |
| genus Pleurothallis | large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America |
| genus Pogonia | small but widely distributed genus of orchids closely related to genus Cleistes |
| genus Ravenala | woody tropical plants with tall trunks |
| genus Sobralia | genus of tropical American orchids |
| genus Sorghum, Sorghum | annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses |
| genus Spathiphyllum | evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia |
| genus Stanhopea | genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids |
| genus Stelis | genus of small caespitose orchids of tropical America |
| genus Vanda | genus of showy epiphytic orchids of Himalayas to Malaysia |
| genus Vanilla | large genus of tropical climbing orchids |
| genus Zoysia, Zoisia, genus Zoisia | lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand |
| liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils |
| phoenicophorium, genus Phoenicophorium | latanier palm |
| phoenix, genus Phoenix | A large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa |
| Broader | genus | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species |
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| Spanish | monocotiledóneas |
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| Catalan | monocotiledònies |
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