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cotyledonous, a.|kɒtɪˈliːdənəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
1. Characterized by the presence of cotyledons.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 280 The cotyledonous extremity becoming thickened in germination. 1882Syd. Soc. Lex., Cotyledonous placenta.
2. fig. Embryonic, ‘in the germ’. (nonce-use.)
1885Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Chr. Kirkland II. 42 What cotyledonous Beethovens..broke the strings of that Broadwood ‘grand.’ |