Nothing could be more useful than botany-those who could not distinguish between a dicotyledon and a monocotyledon could certainly never rightly grasp the nature of a hedgerow.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
And in the deposits older than the Trias, or in any subsequent deposits, no intermediate form has been detected,-no Gymnosperm or Monocotyledon which exhibits in any point of its structure a modification towards the more highly organized dicotyledon.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
The shoot-a true dicotyledon-has fairly got its two vigorous lobes above the surface: freedom of trade in all that the farmer rears, and freedom of trade in all that the manufacturer produces; and there cannot be a shadow of doubt that it will be by and by a very vigorous tree.
"Leading Articles on Various Subjects"
Hugh Miller