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DICOTYLEDON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside
Synonyms:
dicot; dicotyledon; exogen; magnoliopsid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dicotyledon" is a kind of...):
angiosperm; flowering plant (plants having seeds in a closed ovary)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dicotyledon"):
jiqui; Malpighia obovata (Cuban timber tree with hard wood very resistant to moisture)
acerola; barbados cherry; Malpighia glabra; Surinam cherry; West Indian cherry (tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries)
cyrilla family; Cyrilliaceae; family Cyrilliaceae; titi family (shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia)
Holonyms ("dicotyledon" is a member of...):
class Dicotyledonae; class Dicotyledones; class Magnoliopsida; Dicotyledonae; Dicotyledones; Magnoliopsida (comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae)
