Dicotyledonous

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In botany, having two cotyledons: as, a dicotyledonous embryo, seed, or plant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having two cotyledons or seed lobes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the dicotyledons.
  • adjective. Having two cotyledons.
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  • adjective. (of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed
  • Word Usage
    "` ` No, dear, not every one; plants are divided into two kinds: those which have two food leaves, like these plants, and those which have only one; these are called dicotyledonous, and the ones which have but one food leaf are monocotyledonous."
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