Definition of Dicotiledon
Di*cot`y*le"don
(d&isl;*k&obreve;t`&ibreve;*lē"dŭn),
n. [Pref. di- + cotyledon.]
(Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or
cotyledons, in germinating.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (botany) any plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones (also written Dicotyledonae). Dicotyledons and monocotyledons together make up the flowering plants, the angiosperms. Examples of dicotyledons are beans, buttercups, oaks, sunflowers, etc.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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