noun
- Plural of dicot; flowering plants that have two cotyledons (seed leaves) and other characteristic features such as net-veined leaves and flower parts in multiples of four or five.
Usage: Also called dicotyledons or eudicots in modern botanical classification.; Common in botanical and educational contexts.
Examples
- Roses, beans, and oak trees are all examples of dicots.
- Dicots make up the majority of flowering plants on Earth.
- The leaves of most dicots have a branching vein pattern.
- In biology class, students learned to distinguish dicots from monocots by examining seed structure.
- Dicots typically have flower parts arranged in groups of four or five.