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dicotyledonous

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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.
dicoty·ledon·ous (-l-dn-s) adj.
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Adj.1.dicotyledonous - (of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed
plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
monocotyledonous - (of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies


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