How to Use monocot in a Sentence
monocot
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In monocots, there is a single slender seed leaf, appearing as a narrow blade.
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Oc Register,
4 June 2026
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Incidentally, monocots are not the only plants with root crowns packed with dormant buds.
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Oc Register,
4 June 2026
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Anatomically, monocots have a series of tubes interspersed throughout their stems or trunks that take up water and minerals.
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Oc Register,
4 June 2026
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This capacity allows many monocots to regrow after their above-ground portion disappears due to grazing, fire, drought, flooding, or seasonal dieback.
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Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
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While 40% of the earth’s land mass consists of grassland, with grass family members being highly prolific monocots, the ratio of dicots to monocots is roughly 3 to 1, with 200,000 dicot versus 60-70,000 monocot species in existence.
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Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
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