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dicotyledon
[ dahy-kot-l-eed-n, dahy-kot-l- ]
noun
, Botany.
- any angiospermous plant of the class (or subclass) Dicotyledoneae, producing seeds with two cotyledons and having an exogenous manner of growth.
dicotyledon
/ daɪˌkɒtɪˈliːdən; ˌdaɪkɒt- /
noun
- any flowering plant of the class Dicotyledonae , normally having two embryonic seed leaves and leaves with netlike veins. The group includes many herbaceous plants and most families of trees and shrubs
- primitive dicotyledon . any living relative of early angiosperms that branched off before the evolution of monocotyledons and eudicotyledons. The group comprises about 5 per cent of the world's plants
dicotyledon
/ dī′kŏt′l-ēd′n /
- An angiosperm that is not a monocotyledon, having two cotyledons in the seed. The term dicotyledon serves as a convenient label for the eudicotyledons, the magnoliids, and a varied group of other angiosperms, but it does not correspond to a single taxonomic group.
- Compare monocotyledonSee more at eudicotyledon
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Derived Forms
- ˌdicotyˈledonous, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dicotyledon1
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Example Sentences
I will describe as examples the reproduction of a moss, a fern, and a dicotyledon.
From Project Gutenberg
A primrose by the river's brim a dicotyledon was to him, and it was nothing more.
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