dicotyledon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside
    dicot; exogen; magnoliopsid.

WordNet


Di*cot`y*le"don noun
Etymology
Pref. di- + cotyledon.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.

Webster 1913