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单词 cotyledon
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cot•y•le•don /ˌkɑtəˈlidən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Botanythe primary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cot•y•le•don  (kot′l ēdn),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]
  1. Botanythe primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.
  2. Anatomyany of several lobules of the placenta.
  • Greek kotylēdó̄n a plant (probably navelwort), literally, a cuplike hollow, derivative of kotýlē cup
  • Latin: navelwort
  • 1535–45;
cot′y•ledon•al, cot•y•le•don•ar•y  (kot′l ēdn er′ē),USA pronunciation cot′y•ledon•ous, adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cotyledon /ˌkɒtɪˈliːdən/ n
  1. a simple embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, which, in some species, forms the first green leaf after germination
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin: a plant, navelwort, from Greek kotulēdōn, from kotulē cup, hollow

ˌcotyˈledonous, ˌcotyˈledoˌnoid adj ˌcotyˈledonal adj
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