Cotyledon - English meaning
Cotyledon – definitions in English dictionary
nounAn embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first leaves to appear from a germinating seed.
Usage examples:
The cotyledons are the ‘seed leaves’ produced by the embryo.nounA succulent plant of the stonecrop family, some kinds of which are grown as ornamentals.
nounA type of leaf that is part of the developing plant inside a seed and that either stores food or grows from the seed to produce food
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Word origin
mid 16th century (denoting a patch of villi on the placenta of mammals): from Latin, ‘navelwort’ (which has cup-shaped leaves), from Greek kotulēdōn ‘cup-shaped cavity’, from kotulē ‘cup’.
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