Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colloquial reduction, among botanists, of dicotyledon.
 
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.)  same as 
dicotyledon . 
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- noun botany  A plant whose seedlings have two 
cotyledons , adicotyledon . 
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside
 
Etymologies
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Examples
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Celery is definitely a dicot and these seeds germinated quite well.
Greenhouse update scusteister 2008
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The dicot trees of the forests are a mix of evergreen and deciduous species from distinct biogeographical provenances.
Beni savanna 2008
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Many associated dicot canopy species have stilt roots or pneumatophores.
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In larger seeds the difference between a monocot and a dicot is obvious.
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In dicot roots the xylem is the tissue at the core (Figure 5.3).
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In dicot trees the outer layer of the trunk and branches is called bark, a term that refers to all of the tissue from the cambium and phloem to the outer surface.
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Unlike the monocots, dicot plants first emerge from the soil with two seed leaves.
Chapter 7 1981
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The Bluebell is a perennial dicot that is native to North America.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] CelticCreationist 2010
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Black nightshade has dicot leaves that have a main vein branching into many smaller veins.
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The embryo (new-born plants) from the class of dicot has two cotyledons (seed leaves), and the number of petals are parted in 4 or 5.
 
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