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cotyledonous

noun

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

Origin: ModL < L, name of a plant < Gr kotylēdōn < kotylē, a hollow, cavity

Related Forms:

cotyledonous adjective or cotyledonal

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