| dicot | (n) flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside, Syn. exogen, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid |
| dicot family | (n) family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination, Syn. magnoliopsid family |
| dicot genus | (n) genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination, Syn. magnoliopsid genus |
| dicotyledones | (n) comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae, Syn. class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones |
| dicotyledonous | (adj) (of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed, Ant. monocotyledonous |
| dicot | n. [ by shortening from dicotyledon. ] (Bot.) same as dicotyledon.
Syn. -- dicotyledon, dicotyl. [ PJC ] |
| dicotyl | n. [ by shortening from dicotyledon. ] (Bot.) same as dicotyledon.
Syn. -- dicotyledon, dicot. [ PJC ] |
| dicotyledon | n. [ Pref. di- + cotyledon. ] (Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.
Syn. -- dicot, dicotyl. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dicotyledonae | n. (Bot.) a class of plants comprising those seed plants that produce an embryo with two cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae.
Syn. -- Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Dicotyledones | n. (Bot.) same as Dicotyledonae.
Syn. -- Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| dicotyledonous | a. (Bot.) Having two cotyledons or seed lobes; as, a dicotyledonous plant. |
