adjective
- of, relating to, or having cotyledons (seed leaves in flowering plants and conifers)
Usage: botanical term; commonly used in plant biology and botany
Examples
- Cotyledonous plants are divided into monocots and dicots based on the number of seed leaves.
- The cotyledonous structure of a bean seed is visible when you split it open.
- Botanists classify flowering plants as cotyledonous organisms with either one or two seed leaves.
- The cotyledonous embryo develops into the seedling's first leaves.
- Most garden vegetables are cotyledonous plants that store nutrients in their seed leaves.