dicotyledon
[ dahy-kot-l-eed-n, dahy-kot-l- ]
/ daɪˌkɒt lˈid n, ˌdaɪ kɒt l- /
noun Botany.
any angiospermous plant of the class (or subclass) Dicotyledoneae, producing seeds with two cotyledons and having an exogenous manner of growth.
Compare
monocotyledon.
Words nearby dicotyledon
diclinous,
dicofol,
diconal,
dicoria,
dicot,
dicotyledon,
dicotyledonous,
dicoumarin,
dicrotic,
dicrotic notch,
dicrotic pulse
Example sentences from the Web for dicotyledon
I will describe as examples the reproduction of a moss, a fern, and a dicotyledon.
A primrose by the river's brim a dicotyledon was to him, and it was nothing more.
Platform Monologues |T. G. Tucker
British Dictionary definitions for dicotyledon
dicotyledon
/ (daɪˌkɒtɪˈliːdən, ˌdaɪkɒt-) /
noun
any flowering plant of the class Dicotyledonae, normally having two embryonic seed leaves and leaves with netlike veins. The group includes many herbaceous plants and most families of trees and shrubs
primitive dicotyledon . any living relative of early angiosperms that branched off before the evolution of monocotyledons and eudicotyledons. The group comprises about 5 per cent of the world's plants
Often shortened to:
dicot
Compare
monocotyledon
Derived forms of dicotyledon
dicotyledonous, adjectiveScientific definitions for dicotyledon
dicotyledon
[ dī′kŏt′l-ēd′n ]
An angiosperm that is not a monocotyledon, having two cotyledons in the seed. The term dicotyledon serves as a convenient label for the eudicotyledons, the magnoliids, and a varied group of other angiosperms, but it does not correspond to a single taxonomic group. Compare monocotyledon. See more at eudicotyledon leaf magnoliid.