COTYLEDON | • cotyledon n. (Physiology) Each of the patches of villi on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals. • cotyledon n. (Botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves… • COTYLEDON n. an embryonic leaf within a seed which may act as a food reserve or which may grow and photosynthesize. |
ACOTYLEDON | • acotyledon n. (Botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants. • ACOTYLEDON n. a plant without differentiated seed lobes. |
COTYLEDONS | • cotyledons n. Plural of cotyledon. • COTYLEDON n. an embryonic leaf within a seed which may act as a food reserve or which may grow and photosynthesize. |
ACOTYLEDONS | • acotyledons n. Plural of acotyledon. • ACOTYLEDON n. a plant without differentiated seed lobes. |
COTYLEDONAL | • cotyledonal adj. Of or pertaining to a cotyledon. • COTYLEDONAL adj. like a cotyledon. |
DICOTYLEDON | • dicotyledon n. (Botany) A plant whose seedling has two cotyledons. • dicotyledon n. (Botany, historical) Any plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones. • DICOTYLEDON n. a plant having two cotyledons, seed-leaves, also DICOT. |
COTYLEDONARY | • cotyledonary adj. Of or pertaining to a cotyledon. • COTYLEDONARY adj. relating to or having cotyledons, also COTYLEDONOUS. |
COTYLEDONOID | • COTYLEDONOID adj. in the form of a cotyledon. |
COTYLEDONOUS | • cotyledonous adj. Of or pertaining to a cotyledon. • COTYLEDONOUS adj. relating to or having cotyledons, also COTYLEDONARY. |
DICOTYLEDONS | • dicotyledons n. Plural of dicotyledon. • DICOTYLEDON n. a plant having two cotyledons, seed-leaves, also DICOT. |
ACOTYLEDONOUS | • acotyledonous adj. Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc. • ACOTYLEDONOUS adj. relating to an acotyledon. |
EUDICOTYLEDON | • eudicotyledon n. (Botany) Alternative form of eudicot. • EUDICOTYLEDON n. an angiosperm having two cotyledons in the seed. |
MONOCOTYLEDON | • monocotyledon n. (Botany) Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two… • MONOCOTYLEDON n. a plant having a single cotyledon, also MONOCOT, MONOCOTYL. |
POLYCOTYLEDON | • polycotyledon n. (Botany) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed. • POLYCOTYLEDON n. any of various plants, esp. gymnosperms, that have or appear to have more than two cotyledons. |
DICOTYLEDONOUS | • dicotyledonous adj. Of or pertaining to the dicotyledons. • dicotyledonous adj. Having two cotyledons. • DICOTYLEDONOUS adj. of or like a dicotyledon. |
EUDICOTYLEDONS | • eudicotyledons n. (Botany, uncommon, often plural only) Alternative form of eudicots. • EUDICOTYLEDON n. an angiosperm having two cotyledons in the seed. |
MONOCOTYLEDONS | • monocotyledons n. Plural of monocotyledon. • MONOCOTYLEDON n. a plant having a single cotyledon, also MONOCOT, MONOCOTYL. |
POLYCOTYLEDONS | • polycotyledons n. Plural of polycotyledon. • POLYCOTYLEDON n. any of various plants, esp. gymnosperms, that have or appear to have more than two cotyledons. |