dicotyledon

[ dahy-kot-l-eed-n, dahy-kot-l- ]

/ daɪˌkɒt lˈid n, ˌdaɪ kɒt l- /

noun Botany.

any angiospermous plant of the class (or subclass) Dicotyledoneae, producing seeds with two cotyledons and having an exogenous manner of growth.

Compare monocotyledon.

Origin of dicotyledon

First recorded in 1720–30, dicotyledon is from the New Latin word Dicotyledones a pre-Linnean grouping of such plants. See di-¹, cotyledon

Words nearby dicotyledon

dicloxacillin sodium, dicofol, Diconal, dicoria, dicot, dicotyledon, dicotyledonous, dicoumarin, dicrotic, dicrotic notch, dicrotic pulse

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Example sentences from the Web for dicotyledon

I will describe as examples the reproduction of a moss, a fern, and a dicotyledon.
Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XXI., No. 531, March 6, 1886|Various
A primrose by the river's brim a dicotyledon was to him, and it was nothing more.
Platform Monologues|T. G. Tucker

British Dictionary definitions for dicotyledon

dicotyledon

/ (daɪˌkɒtɪˈliːdən, ˌdaɪkɒt-) /

noun

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

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

Often shortened to: dicot

Compare monocotyledon

Derived forms of dicotyledon

dicotyledonous, adjective

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Scientific definitions for dicotyledon

dicotyledon

[ dī′kŏt′l-ēd′n ]

dicot

(dī′kŏt′)

An angiosperm that is not a monocotyledon, having two cotyledons in the seed. The term dicotyledon serves as a convenient label for the eudicotyledons, the magnoliids, and a varied group of other angiosperms, but it does not correspond to a single taxonomic group. Compare monocotyledon. See more at eudicotyledon leaf magnoliid.

单词	dicotyledon
释义	dicotyledon [ dahy-kot-l-eed-n, dahy-kot-l- ] / daɪˌkɒt lˈid n, ˌdaɪ kɒt l- / noun Botany. any angiospermous plant of the class (or subclass) Dicotyledoneae, producing seeds with two cotyledons and having an exogenous manner of growth. Compare monocotyledon. Origin of dicotyledon First recorded in 1720–30, dicotyledon is from the New Latin word Dicotyledones a pre-Linnean grouping of such plants. See di-¹, cotyledon Words nearby dicotyledon dicloxacillin sodium, dicofol, Diconal, dicoria, dicot, dicotyledon, dicotyledonous, dicoumarin, dicrotic, dicrotic notch, dicrotic pulse Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dicotyledon I will describe as examples the reproduction of a moss, a fern, and a dicotyledon. Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XXI., No. 531, March 6, 1886\|Various A primrose by the river's brim a dicotyledon was to him, and it was nothing more. Platform Monologues\|T. G. Tucker British Dictionary definitions for dicotyledon dicotyledon / (daɪˌkɒtɪˈliːdən, ˌdaɪkɒt-) / noun 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 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 Often shortened to: dicot Compare monocotyledon Derived forms of dicotyledon dicotyledonous, adjective Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for dicotyledon dicotyledon [ dī′kŏt′l-ēd′n ] dicot (dī′kŏt′) An angiosperm that is not a monocotyledon, having two cotyledons in the seed. The term dicotyledon serves as a convenient label for the eudicotyledons, the magnoliids, and a varied group of other angiosperms, but it does not correspond to a single taxonomic group. Compare monocotyledon. See more at eudicotyledon leaf magnoliid. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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