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dicotyledon

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -iːdən

1

noun

Meaning 1

A plant whose seedling has two cotyledons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Examples

  • Dicotyledons and monocotyledons together make up the flowering plants, the angiosperms.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dicot, magnoliopsid

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dicot, magnoliopsid, exogen

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: angiosperm, flowering plant

Narrower terms: jiqui, Malpighia obovata, barbados cherry, acerola, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra, Cyrilliaceae, family Cyrilliaceae, cyrilla family, titi family

History

Etymology

From di- (“two”) + cotyledon (“embryonic leaf”).

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: երկշաքիլավորներ (erkšakʻilavorner) — in botany
  • Azerbaijani: ikiləpəli — in botany
  • Belarusian: двухдо́льныя (dvuxdólʹnyja) — in botany
  • Bengali: দ্বিবীজপত্রী (dibijpotri) — in botany
  • Bulgarian: двусемеделни (dvusemedelni) — in botany
  • Catalan: dicotiledoni — in botany
  • Chinese Mandarin: 双子叶植物 (shuāng zǐ yè zhí wù) — in botany
  • Czech: dvouděložné — in botany
  • Danish: tokimbladede — in botany
  • Dutch: tweezaadlobbige — in botany
  • Estonian: kaheidulehelised — in botany
  • Faroese: tvínælingur — in botany
  • Finnish: kaksisirkkainen — in botany
  • French: dicotylédone — in botany
  • French: Dicotylédone — in botany
  • Galician: dicotiledóneo — in botany
  • Georgian: ორლებნიანნი (orlebnianni) — in botany
  • German: Zweikeimblättrigen — in botany
  • Greek: δικοτυλήδονα (dikotylídona) — in botany
  • Hindi: द्विबीजपत्री (dvibījpatrī) — in botany
  • Hungarian: kétszikűek — in botany
  • Icelandic: tvíkímblöðungar — in botany
  • Japanese: 双子葉植物 (sōshiyō shokubutsu) — in botany
  • Korean: 쌍떡잎식물 (ssangtteogipsingmul) — in botany
  • Korean: 쌍자엽식물 (ssangjayeopsingmul) — in botany
  • Latvian: divdīgļlapji — in botany
  • Lithuanian: dviskilčiai — in botany
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tofrøbladede — in botany
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tofrøbladingar — in botany
  • Polish: roślina dwuliścienna — in botany
  • Portuguese: dicotiledónea — in botany
  • Portuguese: dicotiledônea — in botany
  • Quechua: iskay phutuy raphiyuq — in botany
  • Romanian: dicotiledonată — in botany
  • Russian: двудо́льное (dvudólʹnoje) — in botany
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvosupnice — in botany
  • Spanish: dicotiledón — in botany
  • Swedish: tvåhjärtbladiga — in botany
  • Tagalog: duhambindahon — in botany
  • Tagalog: duhambin — in botany
  • Tamil: இருவித்திலையி (iruvittilaiyi) — in botany
  • Telugu: ద్విదళబీజము (dvidaḷabījamu) — in botany
  • Turkish: çift çenekli — in botany
  • Turkish: dikotiledon — in botany
  • Ukrainian: дводольні (dvodolʹni) — in botany
  • Vietnamese: thực vật hai lá mầm — in botany