dicot

di·cot·y·le·don  (dktl-dn) also di·cot (dkt)

n.

A flowering plant with two embryonic seed leaves or cotyledons that usually appear at germination.

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dicoty·ledon·ous (-l-dn-s) adj.

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Noun

1.

dicot - flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid angiosperm, flowering plant - plants having seeds in a closed ovary class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae jiqui, Malpighia obovata - Cuban timber tree with hard wood very resistant to moisture acerola, barbados cherry, Malpighia glabra, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry - tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries cyrilla family, Cyrilliaceae, family Cyrilliaceae, titi family - shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia