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

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

In Palæozoic strata the entire want of plants of the most complex organisation is very striking, for not a single dicotyledonous angiosperm has yet been found, and only one undoubted monocotyledon.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, 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

And, here again, there is no vestige of intermediate species, linking dicotyledonous plants with other types.

From The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer by Gerard, John S.J.

Professor Huxley is credited with the assertion that the primrose is "a corollifloral dicotyledonous exogen, with a monopetalous corolla and a central placenta."

From English as She is Wrote Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be made to Convey Ideas or obscure them. by Anonymous