dicotyledon

(dī′kät′ə lēd'n)

noun

Bot. 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
often clipped to dicot

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See dicotyledon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A flowering plant with two embryonic seed leaves or cotyledons that usually appear at germination.

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  • diˌcotˌy·leˈdon·ous (-l-ēdˈn-əs) adjective

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