See Also: Dicotyledon(medicine)
dicotyledon(dictionary)

dicotyledon (iou)



dicotyledon noun. E18.
[mod. Latin dicotyledones pl., formed as DI-2 + COTYLEDON.]
Botany. A flowering plant having two cotyledons; a member of either of the two groups (Dicotyledoneae or Dicotyledones) into which flowering plants are classified. Cf. MONOCOTYLEDON.
dicotyledonous adjective L18.