Definitions for cotyledon

cotyledon cot·y·le·don

Spelling: [kot-l-eed-n]
IPA: /ˌkɒt lˈid n/

Cotyledon is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 350 anagrams from letters in cotyledon (cdelnooty).

Definitions for cotyledon

noun

  1. the primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.
  2. Anatomy. any of several lobules of the placenta.

Origin of cotyledon

1535-45; Latin: navelwort Greek kotylēdṓn a plant (probably navelwort), literally, a cuplike hollow, derivative of kotýlē cup

Examples for cotyledon

The germination of a Monocotyledonous plant, with the cotyledon remaining in the ground, is shown at c.

But germination plainly shows that all except the lower end of it is cotyledon.

The name Echeveria is now given up by botanists for cotyledon.

The scutellum is considered to represent the first leaf or cotyledon.

A later stage shows the hypocotyl lifting the cotyledon upward.

Show by sketch or describe the cotyledon in the chestnut, the walnut or hickory nut, and the bean.

On the shadiest side homed most of the ferns and the cotyledon.

The term monocotyledon is applied to these plants because the embryo has only one cotyledon or seed-leaf.

It is called a cotyledon if there is but one portion, cotyledons if two.

It may be separated from the cotyledon and used in the form of a powder.

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