Polycotyledonous

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Possessing more than two cotyledons, as an embryo; producing an embryo with more than two cotyledons, as a plant.
  • Word Usage
    "Some of these cases may be accounted for by chorisis or by a cleavage of the original cotyledons, as happens, according to Duchartre, [424] in some Coniferæ, which he considers to be improperly termed polycotyledonous."