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dicotyledonous

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di⋅cot⋅y⋅le⋅don⋅ous

  [dahy-kot-l-eed-n-uhs, dahy-kot-l-]
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–adjective
belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
Origin:
1785–95; dicotyledon + -ous
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di·cot·y·le·don   (dī'kŏt'l-ēd'n)   
n.  A flowering plant with two embryonic seed leaves or cotyledons that usually appear at germination.
di'cot'y·le'don·ous (-l-ēd'n-əs) adj.
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