Dicotyledon Definition

dīkŏtl-ēdn
noun
Any of a class (Magnoliopsida) of angiosperms, as oak trees, legumes, and cactuses, with an embryo containing two cotyledons (seed leaves), characterized by net-veined leaves, flower parts in fours or fives, and the presence of cambium.
Webster's New World
(botany, historical) Any plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones.
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Noun

Singular:
dicotyledon
Plural:
dicotyledons

Origin of Dicotyledon

  • From di- ("two") + cotyledon ("embryonic leaf").

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Dicotyledon Sentence Examples

  • The doubt as to the exact British equivalent of the Valenginian strata of Portugal, which yield the earliest Dicotyledon, has already been alluded to.

  • The primary vascular bundles in a young conifer stem are collateral, and, like those of a Dicotyledon, they are arranged in a circle round a central pith and enclosed by a common endodermis.

  • The chief home of the Coniferales is in the northern hemisphere, where certain species occasionally extend into the Arctic circle and penetrate beyond the northern limit of dicotyledon ous trees.

  • In fact, not a single Dicotyledon is common to these two closely allied divisions of the Cretaceous series; a circumstance not easy to explain, when we see how well the oaks and figs are represented in each.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIC

Words Ending With

NONDON

Unscrambles

dicotyledon

Words Starting With D and Ending With N

Starts With D & Ends With NStarts With DI & Ends With NStarts With D & Ends With ON

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With D11 Letter Words Ending With N