dicotyledonous

American  

[dahy-kot-l-eed-n-uhs, dahy-kot-l-] / daɪˌkɒt lˈid n əs, ˌdaɪ kɒt l- /

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.

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Etymology

Origin of dicotyledonous

First recorded in 1785–95; dicotyledon + -ous

Example Sentences

On the other hand, the dicotyledonous herbs and trees, previously so inconspicuous in creation, are largely developed.

From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh

They are Gymnogens as to ovules, and neither Exogens nor Endogens in the wood of their short, simple, or branched trunks, and they have dicotyledonous seeds.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Pith, pith, n. the marrow or soft substance in the centre of the stems of dicotyledonous plants: force or energy: importance: condensed substance: quintessence.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

The wood, upon a microscopical examination, is shown to be that of some dicotyledonous tree of a very loose and light texture.

From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Fewkes, Jesse Walter

Apocyna�ce�, a nat. ord. of dicotyledonous plants, having for its type the genus Apocўnum or dog-bane.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various