Cotyledon Definition

kŏtl-ēdn
cotyledons
noun
cotyledons
The first single leaf or one of the first pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a flowering plant, or any of various similar structures found in conifers.
Webster's New World
One of the lobules constituting the uterine side of the mammalian placenta, consisting mainly of a rounded mass of villi.
American Heritage Medicine

(botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.

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Noun

Singular:
cotyledon
Plural:
cotyledons

Origin of Cotyledon

  • From Latin cotyledon, from Ancient Greek κοτυληδών (kotulēdōn, “cup-shaped cavity”), from κοτύλη (kotulē, “cup”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin cotylēdōn navelwort from Greek kotulēdōn from kotulē hollow object

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cotyledon Sentence Examples

  • Cotyledon are among the best known.

  • The cotyledon and stem grow up vertically through the prothallus, the root turning downwards into the soil.

  • These bundles cotyledon.

  • The name is derived from the absence of a seed-leaf or cotyledon.

  • Flowering plants bear a seed containing an embryo, with usually one or two cotyledons, or seed-leaves; while in flowerless plants there is no seed and therefore no true cotyledon.

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