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Dicotyledon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A plant whose seedling has two cotyledons.

    "Dicotyledons and monocotyledons together make up the flowering plants, the angiosperms."

  2. 2
    flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside wordnet
  3. 3
    Any plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones. historical

Etymology

From di- (“two”) + cotyledon (“embryonic leaf”).

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