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