any flowering plant of the class Dicotyledonae, normally having two embryonic seed leaves and leaves with netlike veins. The group includes many herbaceous plants and most families of trees and shrubs
Compare monocotyledon
2.
primitive dicotyledon. any living relative of early angiosperms that branched off before the evolution of monocotyledons and eudicotyledons. The group comprises about 5 per cent of the world's plants
Derived forms
dicotyledonous (ˌdicotyˈledonous)
adjective
Examples of 'dicot' in a sentence
dicot
Furthermore, ceramides induce cell death with similar features in monocot and dicot plants.
Fang-Cheng Bi, Quan-Fang Zhang, Zhe Liu, Ce Fang, Jian Li, Jian-Bin Su, Jean T Greenberg,Hong-Bin Wang, Nan Yao 2011, 'A conserved cysteine motif is critical for rice ceramide kinase activity and function.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3069040?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There are annual, perennial, cereal, and dicot plants.
A. S. Golubev, P. I. Borushko 2015, 'MODERN ASSORTMENT OF HERBICIDES FOR CARROT PROTECTION', Ovoŝi Rossiihttps://www.vegetables.su/jour/article/view/99. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This finding further supports the view that both subfamilies are widely distributed in dicot species.
Wan Hongjian, Yuan Wei, Ye Qingjing, Wang Rongqing, Ruan Meiying, Li Zhimiao, ZhouGuozhi, Yao Zhuping, Zhao Jing, Liu Shujun, Yang Yuejian 2012, 'Analysis of TIR- and non-TIR-NBS-LRR disease resistance gene analogous in pepper:characterization, genetic variation, functional divergence and expression patterns',BMC Genomicshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/13/502. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To date, most studies on cell division have been conducted in dicot plants.
Andrietta Mírian Helene, Eloy Núbia Barbosa, Hemerly Adriana Silva, Ferreira PauloC.G. 2001, 'Identification of sugarcane cDNAs encoding components of the cell cycle machinery',Genetics and Molecular Biologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572001000100010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In comparison to dicot-infecting bacteria, only limited numbers of genome sequences are available for monocot-infecting and in particular cereal-infecting bacteria.
Donald M. Gardiner, Narayana M. Upadhyaya, Jiri Stiller, Jeff G. Ellis, Peter N. Dodds,Kemal Kazan, John M. Manners 2014, 'Genomic Analysis of Xanthomonas translucens Pathogenic on Wheat and Barley RevealsCross-Kingdom Gene Transfer Events and Diverse Protein Delivery Systems', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0084995. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Earlier the interaction between the anthocyanin biosynthesis regulatory genes has been revealed in dicot plant species only.
Elena I. Gordeeva, Anastasiya Yu. Glagoleva, Tatjana V. Kukoeva, Elena K. Khlestkina,Olesya Yu. Shoeva 2019, 'Purple-grained barley (Hordeum vulgare L.): marker-assisted development of NILs forinvestigating peculiarities of the anthocyanin biosynthesis regulatory network', BMC Plant Biologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-019-1638-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Advances in gene transfer technologies have enabled the production of both monocot and dicot transgenic plants.
S. Mohan Jain, Christian Oker-Blom, Eija Pehu, R. J. Newton 1992, 'Genetic engineering: An additional tool for plant improvement', Agricultural and Food Sciencehttps://journal.fi/afs/article/view/72453. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These draft genome sequences provide a foundation for understanding host range evolution across the monocot-dicot divide.
Panagiotis F Sarris, Emmanouil A Trantas, David A Baltrus, Carolee T Bull, WilliamPatrick Wechter, Shuangchun Yan, Filippos Ververidis, Nalvo F Almeida, Corbin D Jones,Jeffery L Dangl, Nickolas J Panopoulos, Boris A Vinatzer, Dimitrios E Goumas 2013, 'Comparative genomics of multiple strains of Pseudomonas cannabina pv. alisalensis,a potential model pathogen of both monocots and dicots.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3610874?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The identification, characterization, and molecular function analysis of sucrose transporter genes have been reported for monocot and dicot plants.
Yuanyuan Liu, Xin Yin, Ya Yang, Chuntao Wang, Yongping Yang 2017, 'Molecular cloning and expression analysis of turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) sucrosetransporter gene family', Plant Diversityhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468265917300355. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Several groups of proteases involved in this process have been identified in both the monocot and the dicot species.
Mercedes Diaz-Mendoza, Isabel Diaz, Manuel Martinez 2019, 'Insights on the Proteases Involved in Barley and Wheat Grain Germination', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttps://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/9/2087. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)