'dicotyledon' definitions:
Definition of 'dicotyledon'
From: WordNet
noun
Flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside [syn: dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid, exogen]
Definition of 'dicotyledon'
From: GCIDE
- dicotyledon \di*cot`y*le"don\ (d[-i]*k[o^]t`[i^]*l[=e]"d[u^]n), n. [Pref. di- + cotyledon.] (Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.
- Syn: dicot, dicotyl. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dicotyledon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amphibian,
- angiosperm,
- Angiospermae,
- angiosperms,
- annual,
- aquatic plant,
- biennial,
- conifers,
- cosmopolite,
- cutting,
- Cycadales,
- cycads,
- deciduous plant,
- dicot,
- dicotyledons,
- endogens,
- ephemeral,
- evergreen,
- exotic,
- flowering plant,
- fungus,
- gametophyte,
- Ginkgoales,
- ginkgoes,
- Gnetales,
- gnetums,
- gymnosperm,
- gymnosperms,
- hydrophyte,
- monocot,
- monocotyl,
- Monocotyledones,
- monocotyledons,
- perennial,
- Pinales,
- plant,
- polycot,
- polycotyl,
- polycotyledon,
- seed plant,
- seedling,
- spermatophyte,
- sporophyte,
- thallophyte,
- triennial,
- vascular plant,
- vegetable,
- weed