di·cot·y·le·don (d  k tl- d n) also di·cot (dkt)n. A flowering plant with two embryonic seed leaves or cotyledons that usually appear at germination. di coty·ledon·ous (-l-dn- s) adj. |
dicotyledon [die-kot-ill-leed-on]
Noun
a flowering plant with two seed leaves
| dicotyledon (dktl-dn) or dicot (dkt) 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 eudicotyledonleafmagnoliid |
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| Noun | 1. |  dicotyledon - flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outsideangiosperm, 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 |
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