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单词 polycotyledon
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polycotyledonn.

Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˌkɒtᵻˈliːdn/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑliˌkɑdəˈlid(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: poly- comb. form, cotyledon n.
Etymology: < poly- comb. form + cotyledon n., after scientific Latin Polycotyledones (1759 or earlier). Compare earlier polycotyledonous adj.Compare the following example of the scientific Latin word in an English context:1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xi. 194 Polycotyledones, with many Cotyledons.
Botany. Now rare.
A plant whose embryo has more than two cotyledons, or more than the normal number of cotyledons. Later also: a cotyledon from such an embryo.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [noun] > monocot, dicot, or polycotyleden
dicotyledon1727
monocotyledon1727
polycotyledon1828
dictyogen1841
monocot1854
homogen1866
dicot1877
monocotyl1877
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Polycotyledon, in botany, a plant that has many or more than two cotyledons or lobes to the seed.
1834 J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2) p. xi They [sc. gymnosperms] have in many cases more cotyledons than two, whence they have been called Polycotyledons.
1874 R. Brown Man. Bot. iii. xi. 511 The accuracy of the classification named, founded on the number of cotyledons, has been called in question; and another division, founded on this supposed peculiarity in Coniferæ, has been founded by some systematists, and called polycotyledons, or plants with many cotyledons.
1914 New Phytologist 13 286 Agardh's..Dicotyledons include true Dicotyledons..and Polycotyledons, namely Conifers.
1998 Phytomorphology 48 225 Polycotyledons were formed in two ways: (1) the embryo had initially two unequal cotyledons and [the] larger cotyledon branched.., (2) polycotyledons also developed independently.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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