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acotyledonous

acotyledonous adjective: having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.

Adjective

acotyledonous (not comparable)

  1. Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.

Origin of acotyledonous

From a- + cotyledonous.

Questions about acotyledonous

What does acotyledonous mean?
Acotyledonous means having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
What part of speech is acotyledonous?
Acotyledonous is an adjective.

Words near acotyledonous in the dictionary

  1. Acosta
  2. ACOTAR
  3. acotiamide
  4. acotinic
  5. acotyledon
  6. acotyledonous
  7. acotyledons
  8. acouasm
  9. acouasma
  10. acouasms
  11. acouchi

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