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dicotyledonous
Variant of dicotyledon
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
Related Forms:
- dicotyledonous adjective
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