Definition of cotyledon

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Cotyledon (n.) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.

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Cotyledon :: Cotyledon (n.) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.
Monocotyl :: Monocotyl (n.) Any monocotyledonous plant.
Navelwort :: Navelwort (n.) A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort..
Dicotyledonous :: Dicotyledonous (a.) Having two cotyledons or seed lobes; as, a dicotyledonous plant..
Notorhizal :: Notorhizal (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.
Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons..
Acotyledon :: Acotyledon (n.) A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants..
Syncretic :: Syncotyledonous (a.) Having united cotyledonous.
Endorhiza :: Endorhiza (n.) Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.
Exoptile :: Exoptile (n.) A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called because the plumule is naked.
Cotyledon :: Cotyledon (n.) One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta.
Endorhizous :: Endorhizous (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants..
Radicle :: Radicle (n.) The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle..
Polycotyledon :: Polycotyledon (n.) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed..
Conferruminated :: Conferruminated (a.) Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn..
Monocotyledonous :: Monocotyledonous (a.) Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf..
Cotyledonal :: Cotyledonal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon..
Pith :: Pith (n.) The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue..
Dictyogen :: Dictyogen (n.) A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceae, Smilaceae, Trilliaceae, etc..
Acotyledonous :: Acotyledonous (a.) Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc..
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