Definition of Dicotyledon. Meaning of Dicotyledon. Synonyms of Dicotyledon

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Definition of Dicotyledon

Dicotyledon
Dicotyledon Di*cot`y*le"don, n. [Pref. di- + cotyledon.] (Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.

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- The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly...
- There are at least 2109 species of dicotyledons found in Montana according to the Montana Field Guide. This is a list of Dicotyledoneae orders found in...
- This page covers a group of dicotyledon families (Lauraceae to Salicaceae). For the background to this list see parent article List of the vascular plants...
- two seed leaves (cotyledons) upon germination. The term derives from dicotyledon (etymologically, eu = true; di = two; cotyledon = seed leaf). Historically...
- This page covers a group of dicotyledon families of the clade Superrosids. For the background to this list see parent article List of the vascular plants...
- came to have its modern meaning of all the flowering plants including Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons. The APG system treats the flowering plants as an...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 45 species   Critically endangered (CR): 5,702 species   Endangered (EN): 10,901 species   Vulnerable (VU): 9,673 species  ...
- ICBN/ICN). Among plants, dicotyledons (in the traditional sense) are paraphyletic because the group excludes monocotyledons. "Dicotyledon" has not been used...
- Solanales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. Some older sources used the name Polemoniales for this order. Under...
- wood from conifers (e.g. pine) is called softwood, and the wood from dicotyledons (usually broad-leaved trees, e.g. oak) is called hardwood. These names...