DICOTYLEDONOUS, adjective Having two lobes. A dicotyledonous plant is one whose seeds have two lobes, and consequently rise with two seminal leaves.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
DICOTYLEDONOUS, adjective Having two lobes. A dicotyledonous plant is one whose seeds have two lobes, and consequently rise with two seminal leaves.
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