dicotyledonous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dicotyledonous
First recorded in 1785–95; dicotyledon + -ous
Example Sentences
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CARYOPHYLLACEAE, a botanical order of dicotyledonous plants, containing about 60 genera with 1300 species, and widely distributed, especially in temperate, alpine and arctic regions.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
It seemed to me a strange spectacle,—a forest of monocotyledonous trees with a dicotyledonous undergrowth; the inferior plants thus towering above and sheltering the superior ones.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various
"Yes, it sounds funny," said father; "but you see, the birch tree is dicotyledonous, and so are many weeds, and the dicotyledons look much alike at first."
From Stories to Tell to Children by Bryant, Sara Cone
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
The names proposed in the pasigraphico-geognostic plan were borrowed from De Candolle's nomenclature, in which 'endogenous' is synonymous with monocotyledonous, and 'exogenous' with dicotyledonous plants.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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