cotyledonousadj.
/kɒtɪˈliːdənəs/ 1. Characterized by the presence of cotyledons.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [adjective] > of parts > of cotyledon or seed-leaf
tricotyledonous1828
cotyledonar1830
cotyledonous1830
cotyledonal1850
incumbent1851
cotyledonary1854
nursing1861
hypocotyledonary1875
hypocotyledonous1880
syncotyledonous1898
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 280 The cotyledonous extremity becoming thickened in germination.
1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Cotyledonous placenta.
2. figurative. Embryonic, ‘in the germ’.Apparently an isolated use.
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1885 E. Lynn Linton Autobiogr. Christopher Kirkland II. 42 What cotyledonous Beethovens..broke the strings of that Broadwood ‘grand.’
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adj.1830