COTYLEDON


Meaning of COTYLEDON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkä-tə-ˈlē-d ə n ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kotylēdōn cup-shaped hollow, from kotylē cup, anything hollow

Date: 1540

1. : a lobule of the mammalian placenta

2. : the first leaf or one of the first pair or whorl of leaves developed by the embryo of a seed plant or of some lower plants (as ferns)

• cot·y·le·don·ary -ˈlē-də-ˌner-ē adjective

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