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cotyledons

cotyledons is the plural of cotyledon.

Meaning of cotyledon

Noun

cotyledon (plural cotyledons)

  1. Each of the patches of villi on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals.
    • Forced to apply animal findings to humans, his human womb also had cotyledons like a dog's.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 72
  2. The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.
    Synonyms:
    seed leaf

Phrases with cotyledons

Questions about cotyledons

What is cotyledons the plural of?
Cotyledons is the plural of cotyledon.

Words near cotyledons in the dictionary

  1. cotyledonar
  2. cotyledonary
  3. cotyledonoid
  4. cotyledonoids
  5. cotyledonous
  6. cotyledons
  7. cotyledoside
  8. cotyles
  9. cotyliform
  10. cotyligerous
  11. cotyloid

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