Eudicotyledon Definition

yo͝odī-kŏtl-ēdn
noun
Any of numerous flowering plants having two cotyledons in the seed, pollen grains with three pores, and usually the capacity for secondary growth, leaves with reticulate venation, and flower parts that are in multiples of four or five.
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Origin of Eudicotyledon

  • eu– true (since the eudicotyledons form a clade excluding certain other dicotyledonous groups, such as the magnoliids) dicotyledon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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