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dicotyledon
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DICOTYLEDON
n.[Gr. , two; a cavity. ] A plant whose seeds divide into two lobes in germinating.
DICOTYLEDONOUS
a.Having two lobes. A dicotyledonous plant is one whose seeds have two lobes, and consequently rise with two seminal leaves.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DICOTYLEDON
Di *cot `y *le "don, n. Etym: [Pref. di- + cotyledon. ] (Bot. )
Defn: A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.
DICOTYLEDONOUS
DICOTYLEDONOUS Di *cot `y *le "don *ous, a. (Bot. )
Defn: Having two cotyledons or seed lobes; as, a dicotyledonous plant.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dicotyledon
di cot y le don |dīˌkätlˈēdn daɪkɑːtɪˈliːdən | ▶noun Botany a flowering plant with an embryo that bears two cotyledons (seed leaves ). Dicotyledons constitute the larger of the two great divisions of flowering plants, and typically have broad, stalked leaves with netlike veins (e.g., daisies, hawthorns, oaks ). Compare with monocotyledon. [Class Dicotyledoneae (or -donae, -dones; sometimes Magnoliopsida ), subdivision Angiospermae. ] DERIVATIVES di cot y le don ous |-əs |adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from modern Latin dicotyledones (plural ), from di- ‘two ’ + cotyledon (see cotyledon ).
Oxford Dictionary
dicotyledon
dicotyledon |ˌdʌɪkɒtɪˈliːd (ə )n | ▶noun Botany a flowering plant with an embryo that bears two cotyledons (seed leaves ). Dicotyledons constitute the larger of the two great divisions of flowering plants, and typically have broad stalked leaves with net-like veins (e.g. daisies, hawthorns, oaks ). Compare with monocotyledon. ●Class Dicotyledoneae (or -donae, -dones; sometimes Magnoliopsida ), subdivision Angiospermae. DERIVATIVES dicotyledonous adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from modern Latin dicotyledones (plural ), from di- ‘two ’ + cotyledon (see cotyledon ).
The Wordsmith Dictionary