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Webster 1913 Edition

(dī̍-kŏtˊĭ-lē′dŭn)

Noun.

[Pref.

di-

cotyledon

(Bot.)

A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.

Syn. – dicot, dicotyl.

Noun.

[Gr., two; a cavity.] A plant whose seeds divide into two lobes in germinating.