dicotyledon

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Etymology

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

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Rhymes: -iːdən

Noun

dicotyledon (plural dicotyledons)

(botany) A plant whose seedling has two cotyledons.
Synonyms: dicot, magnoliopsid

Dicotyledons and monocotyledons together make up the flowering plants, the angiosperms.
(botany, historical) Any plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones.

Derived terms

Translations

in botany

Armenian: երկշաքիլավորներ (hy) (erkšakʻilavorner)
Azerbaijani: ikiləpəli
Belarusian: двухдо́льныя (dvuxdólʹnyja)
Bengali: দ্বিবীজপত্রী (bn) (dibijpotri)
Bulgarian: двусемеделни (dvusemedelni)
Catalan: dicotiledoni m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 双子叶植物 (zh) (shuāng zǐ yè zhí wù)
Czech: dvouděložné
Danish: tokimbladede
Dutch: tweezaadlobbige (nl) m
Estonian: kaheidulehelised
Faroese: tvínælingur m
Finnish: kaksisirkkainen
French: dicotylédone (fr) f, Dicotylédone f
Galician: dicotiledóneo (gl) m
Georgian: ორლებნიანნი (orlebnianni)
German: Zweikeimblättrigen
Greek: δικοτυλήδονα (el) n pl (dikotylídona)
Hindi: द्विबीजपत्री (dvibījpatrī)
Hungarian: kétszikűek (hu)
Icelandic: tvíkímblöðungar
Japanese: 双子葉植物 (ja) (そうしようしょくぶつ, sōshiyō shokubutsu)
Korean: 쌍떡잎식물 (ssangtteogipsingmul), 쌍자엽식물 (ssangjayeopsingmul)
Latvian: divdīgļlapji
Lithuanian: dviskilčiai
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tofrøbladede

Nynorsk: tofrøbladingar
Polish: roślina dwuliścienna f
Portuguese: dicotiledónea f (Portugal), dicotiledônea f (Brazil)
Quechua: iskay phutuy raphiyuq
Romanian: dicotiledonată (ro) f
Russian: двудо́льное (ru) n (dvudólʹnoje)
Serbo-Croatian: dvosupnice (sh)
Spanish: dicotiledón (es) m
Swedish: tvåhjärtbladiga
Tagalog: duhambindahon, duhambin
Tamil: இருவித்திலையி (iruvittilaiyi)
Telugu: ద్విదళబీజము (te) (dvidaḷabījamu)
Turkish: çift çenekli, dikotiledon
Ukrainian: дводольні (dvodolʹni)
Vietnamese: thực vật hai lá mầm (vi)