Eudicot
//ˈju.dɪ.kat// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A member of the eudicots.
Etymology
Probably a back-formation from eudicots, short for eudicotyledons, from the New Latin coinage eudicotylēdōn, from the Ancient Greek components εὐ- (eu-, “good, well”) + δι- (di-, “two”) + κοτυληδών (kotulēdṓn, “cup-shaped cavity”); equivalent to eu- (“true”) + dicot.
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