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dicot

American  
[dahy-kot] / ˈdaɪ kɒt /
Also dicotyl

noun

Botany.
  1. a dicotyledon.


Etymology

Origin of dicot

By shortening

Vocabulary lists containing dicot

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One student picks a blade of grass in the field and identifies it as a dicot leaf, but his partner thinks it is a monocot.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

What happens to the vascular bundles in the stem of a dicot as the plant matures?

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Monocots have leaves with parallel venation and dicot leaves have reticulate, net-like venation.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The bundles are smaller than in the dicot stem, and distinct layers of xylem, phloem and sclerenchyma cannot be discerned.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

The monocot root is similar to a dicot root, but the center of the root is filled with pith.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

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