dicotyledonous

American  

[dahy-kot-l-eed-n-uhs, dahy-kot-l-] / daɪˌkɒt lˈid n əs, ˌdaɪ kɒt l- /

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.

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Etymology

Origin of dicotyledonous

First recorded in 1785–95; dicotyledon + -ous

Example Sentences

And, here again, there is no vestige of intermediate species, linking dicotyledonous plants with other types.

From The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer by Gerard, John S.J.

The dicotyledons are of more complex structure, and somewhat more perfect organization, than the monocotyledons: and some dicotyledonous families, such as the Composit�, are rather more complex in their organization than the rest.

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II by Mill, John Stuart

On submitting them in thin slices to the microscope, they were found to exhibit the peculiar dicotyledonous structure as strongly as the oak or chestnut.

From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh

Apocyna�ce�, a nat. ord. of dicotyledonous plants, having for its type the genus Apocўnum or dog-bane.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

They are Gymnogens as to ovules, and neither Exogens nor Endogens in the wood of their short, simple, or branched trunks, and they have dicotyledonous seeds.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir