dicotyledonous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dicotyledonous
First recorded in 1785–95; dicotyledon + -ous
Example Sentences
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A Bean-stalk and the stem of any common shrub or tree represent the second; and to it belong all plants with dicotyledonous or polycotyledonous embryo.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
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
Such bundles as these are called closed vascular bundles to distinguish them from the dicotyledonous type of vascular bundles which are called open vascular bundles on account of the existence of the cambium.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The bast tissues of dicotyledonous annuals furnish such staple materials as flax, hemp, rhea or ramie and jute.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
Neocomian beds contain a true dicotyledonous leaf with Dammara and Araucaria.
From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel
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