Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of cotyledon is as below...

Compositae :: Compositae (n. pl.) A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples..

Pseudo-monocotyledonous :: Pseudo-monocotyledonous (a.) Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse-chestnut..

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..

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..

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

Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons..

Polycotyledonary :: Polycotyledonary (a.) Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons..

Acotyledon :: Acotyledon (n.) A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants..

Cotyledonary :: Cotyledonary (a.) Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow..

Navelwort :: Navelwort (n.) A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort..

Monocotyl :: Monocotyl (n.) Any monocotyledonous plant.

Cotyledonal :: Cotyledonal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon..

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle..

Notorhizal :: Notorhizal (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.

Thalamiflorous :: Thalamiflorous (a.) Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.

Dicotyledon :: Dicotyledon (n.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating..

Exorhizous :: Exorhizous (a.) Having a radicle which is not inclosed by the cotyledons or plumule; of or relating to an exorhiza.

Endogen :: Endogen (n.) A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the grea

Cotyledonous :: Cotyledonous (a.) Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe.

Acotyledonous :: Acotyledonous (a.) Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc..

Random Fonts

Most Popular