cotyledon
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See also: cotylédon
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin cotylēdon, from Ancient Greek κοτυληδών (kotulēdṓn, “cup-shaped cavity”), from κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup”).
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cotyledon (plural cotyledons)
- (physiology) Each of the patches of vili on the foetal chorion of ruminants and some other mammals.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 72:
- Forced to apply animal findings to humans, his human womb also had cotyledons like a dog's.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 72:
- (botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.
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leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant
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