DICOTYLEDON


Meaning of DICOTYLEDON in English

[ ˌdʌɪkɒtɪ'li:d(ə)n ]

■ noun Botany a plant with an embryo bearing two cotyledons, such plants constituting the larger (Dicotyledoneae) of the two classes of flowering species. Compare with monocotyledon .

Derivatives

~ous adjective

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