Complete Definition of "dicotyledon"

English

Noun
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dicotyledon

  1. botany any plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones (also written Dicotyledonae). Dicotyledons and monocotyledons together make up the flowering plants, the angiosperms. Examples of dicotyledons are beans, buttercups, oaks, sunflowers, etc.

Synonyms
dicot
(in the Cronquist System) magnoliopsid

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Synonyms)

trans-top|in botany
Finnish: kaksisirkkainen
trans-mid
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See also
monocotyledon
eudicot
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group|APG

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Revision and Credits for"dicotyledon"
  • 2007-07-03 18:17 - AutoFormat - +{{rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat would have corrected level of Synonyms)}}, -{{top}} +{{trans-top|in botany}}

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