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dicotyledon

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside [syn: dicot , magnoliopsid , exogen ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) A plant whose seedling has two cotyledons. 2 (context botany historical English) Any plant in what used to be the ''Dicotyledones''.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
dicotyledon \di*cot`y*le"don\ (d[-i]*k[o^]t`[i^]*l[=e]"d[u^]n), n. [Pref. di- + cotyledon.] (Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating. Syn: dicot, dicotyl.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The dicotyledons , also known as dicots (or more rarely dicotyls ), were one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants or angiosperms were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group, namely that the ...

Usage examples of dicotyledon.

In rarely or never becoming perfectly straight, these cotyledons differ remarkably from the ultimate condition of the arched hypocotyls or epicotyls of dicotyledons.

Dicotyledons and amongst Monocotyledons, together with several Cryptogams, have now been described.

With dicotyledons the arching of the epicotyl or hypocotyl often appears as if it merely resulted from the manner in which the parts are packed within the seed.

Just before impact, he switched on the landing lights and desperately picked two stout oaklike dicotyledons that looked as if they were just slightly farther apart than the width of their hull.