Dicotyledon

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dicotyledon \di*cot`y*le"don\ (d[-i]*k[o^]t`[i^]*l[=e]"d[u^]n),
     n. [Pref. di- + cotyledon.] (Bot.)
     A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or
     cotyledons, in germinating.
  
     Syn: dicot, dicotyl.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dicotyledon
       n : flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by
           deposit on its outside [syn: {dicot}, {magnoliopsid}, {exogen}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "dicotyledon":
     Angiospermae, Cycadales, Ginkgoales, Gnetales, Monocotyledones,
     Pinales, amphibian, angiosperm, angiosperms, annual, aquatic plant,
     biennial, conifers, cosmopolite, cutting, cycads, deciduous plant,
     dicot, dicotyledons, endogens, ephemeral, evergreen, exotic,
     flowering plant, fungus, gametophyte, ginkgoes, gnetums,
     gymnosperm, gymnosperms, hydrophyte, monocot, monocotyl,
     monocotyledons, perennial, plant, polycot, polycotyl,
     polycotyledon, seed plant, seedling, spermatophyte, sporophyte,
     thallophyte, triennial, vascular plant, vegetable, weed