n. [ Gr.
a. Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a cupshaped hollow, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Cotyle. ]
☞ Many plants, as the bean and the maple, have two cotyledons, the grasses only one, and pines have several. In one African plant (
a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a cotyledon; tufted;
a. Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. di- + cotyledon. ] (Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.
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):
n. (Bot.) same as Dicotyledonae.
a. (Bot.) Having two cotyledons or seed lobes;
n. [ Mono- + cotyledon: cf. F. monocotylédone. ] (Bot.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe; a member of the
☞ The plural, monocotyledons, is used as the name of a large class of plants (the
a. [ Cf. F. monocotylédoné. ] (Bot.) Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Poly- + cotyledon: cf. F. polycotylédone. ] (Bot.) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed. --
a. [ Poly- + cotyledonary. ] (Anat.) Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pseudo- + monocotyledonous. ] (Bot.) Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse-chestnut. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. syn- + cotyledonous. ] (Bot.) Having united cotyledonous. [ 1913 Webster ]