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dicotyledons

dicotyledons is the plural of dicotyledon.

Meaning of dicotyledon

Noun

dicotyledon (plural dicotyledons)

  1. A plant whose seedling has two cotyledons.
    • Dicotyledons and monocotyledons together make up the flowering plants, the angiosperms.
    Synonyms:
    dicot, magnoliopsid
  2. (historical) Any plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones.

Words formed from dicotyledons

Questions about dicotyledons

What is dicotyledons the plural of?
Dicotyledons is the plural of dicotyledon.

Words near dicotyledons in the dictionary

  1. dicotyledenous
  2. dicotyledon
  3. dicotyledonary
  4. dicotyledoneous
  5. dicotyledonous
  6. dicotyledons
  7. dicotyledony
  8. dicotylous
  9. dicotyls
  10. dicoumarol
  11. dicoumarols

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