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Dicotyledonous   Listen
Dicotyledonous

adjective
1.
(of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed.





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"Dicotyledonous" Quotes from Famous Books



... roots of trees, small parcels of earth are very frequently enclosed in their interstices and behind them,—so perfectly that not a particle could be washed away in the longest transport: out of one small portion of earth thus completely enclosed by wood in an oak about 50 years old, three dicotyledonous plants germinated: I am certain of the accuracy of this observation. Again, I can show that the carcasses of birds, when floating on the sea, sometimes escape being immediately devoured; and seeds ...
— On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Dicotyledonous" :   monocotyledonous, plant life, plant, flora


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