adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to the dicotyledons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dicotyledonous
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adj
Meaning 2
Having two cotyledons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adjective
Meaning 3
(of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: monocotyledonous
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English dicotyledon Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English dicotyledonous From dicotyledon + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: tweezaadlobbig — of or pertaining to the dicotyledons
- Finnish: kaksisirkkainen — of or pertaining to the dicotyledons
- Galician: dicotiledóneo — of or pertaining to the dicotyledons
- Greek: δικοτυλήδονος (dikotylídonos) — of or pertaining to the dicotyledons
- Polish: dwuliścienny — of or pertaining to the dicotyledons
- Romanian: dicotiledonată — of or pertaining to the dicotyledons
- Spanish: dicotiledóneo — of or pertaining to the dicotyledons
- Spanish: dicotiledón — of or pertaining to the dicotyledons
- Tagalog: duhambindahunin — of or pertaining to the dicotyledons
- Azerbaijani: ikiləpəli — having two dicotyledons
- Finnish: kaksisirkkainen — having two dicotyledons
- Galician: dicotiledóneo — having two dicotyledons
- Greek: δικοτυλήδονος (dikotylídonos) — having two dicotyledons
- Polish: dwuliścienny — having two dicotyledons
- Russian: двудо́льный (dvudólʹnyj) — having two dicotyledons
- Tagalog: duhambindahunin — having two dicotyledons
- Turkish: çift çenekli — having two dicotyledons
- Turkish: dikotiledon — having two dicotyledons