Dicotyledon - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Dicotyledon :  (noun)

1: flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside [syn: dicot, magnoliopsid, exogen]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Dicotyledon : \Di*cot`y*le"don\, n. [Pref. di- _ cotyledon.] (Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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