English Explanatory Dictionary

dicotyledon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant whose seedling has two cotyledons.
  2. Any plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones.

Word forms

dicotyledon dicotyledons

Etymology

From di- (“two”) + cotyledon (“embryonic leaf”).

Synonyms

dicot magnoliopsid

Related words

monocotyledon eudicot

Derived words

antidicotyledon dicotyledonous Palaeodicotyledons
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