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dicotyledon

di·cot·y·le·don [ d kòtt'l d'n ] (plural di·cot·y·le·dons)


noun 
Definition:
 
plant with two leaves at germination: a flowering plant that produces two seed leaves cotyledons when it germinates and whose subsequent leaves have a network of veins. Most herbaceous plants, trees, and bushes are dicotyledons. Subclass Dicotyledonae.

[Early 18th century. < modern Latin Dicotyledonae, literally "two cotyledons"]

di·cot·y·le·don·ous adjective
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