dicotyledon
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From di- ("two") + cotyledon ("embryonic leaf").
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia dicotyledon (plural dicotyledons)
- (botany) A plant whose seedling has two cotyledons.
- Dicotyledons and monocotyledons together make up the flowering plants, the angiosperms.
- Examples of dicotyledons include beans, buttercups, oaks and sunflowers
- (botany, historical) Any plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones.
[edit] Synonyms
- dicot
- magnoliopsid (in the Cronquist System)
[edit] Translations
in botany
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