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polycotyledonous

polycotyledonous adjective: having multiple cotyledons.

Adjective

polycotyledonous (not comparable)

  1. Having multiple cotyledons.

Origin of polycotyledonous

From poly- + cotyledonous.

Questions about polycotyledonous

What does polycotyledonous mean?
Polycotyledonous means having multiple cotyledons.
What part of speech is polycotyledonous?
Polycotyledonous is an adjective.

Words near polycotyledonous in the dictionary

  1. polycots
  2. polycotton
  3. polycottons
  4. polycotyledon
  5. polycotyledonary
  6. polycotyledonous
  7. polycotyledons
  8. polycotyledony
  9. polycotylid
  10. polycotylids
  11. polycotyly

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