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Webster 1913 Edition


Dictyogen

Dic-ty′o-gen

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a net +
-gen
.]
(Bot.)
A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class
Dictyogenæ
, proposed by Lindley for the orders
Dioscoreaceæ
,
Smilaceæ
,
Trilliaceæ
, etc.

Definition 2024


dictyogen

dictyogen

English

Noun

dictyogen (plural dictyogens)

  1. (botany, dated) A plant with net-veined leaves and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceae, Smilaceae, Trilliaceae, etc.