Look up: COTYLEDON


  1. Cotyledon
    [genus] Cotyledon is a genus of the Crassulaceae family. Plants in the genus occur in the Arabian peninsula and throughout the drier parts of Africa, but mainly in Southern Africa. Members of the genus are shrublets, generally succulent, with fleshily woody, brittle stems and persistent succ...
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  2. Cotyledon
    the leaf or leaves of the embryo, also called seed leaves.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20003

  3. cotyledon
    n. The 'seed leaves' produced by the embryo of a seed plant that serve to absorb nutrients packaged in the seed, until the seedling is able to produce its first true leaves and begin photosynthesis; the number of cotyledons is a key feature for the identification of the two major groups of flowering...
    Found op http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary_8.html

  4. Cotyledon
    The first set of leaves to grow after a seed has germinated.
    Found op http://www.emilycompost.com/garden_glossary.htm

  5. cotyledon
    A leaf or leaves of the embryos of seed plants. They can function in food storage and can become photosynthetic when the seed germinates.
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  6. Cotyledon
    Seed leaf: leaf-like structures in the embryos of seeds. Grasses have one cotyledon in each seed (monocotyledon), while legumes have two (dicotyledon).
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  7. cotyledon
    [n] - embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants
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  8. cotyledon
    Modified leaf ('seed leaf'), found as part of the embryo in seeds, involved in either storage or absorption of food reserves. Dicotyledonous seeds contain two, monocotyledonous seeds only one. May appear above ground and show photosynthetic activity in the seedling.
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  9. Cotyledon
    Cot`y·le'don noun [ Greek ......... a cupshaped hollow, from .......... See Cotyle .] 1. (Anat.) One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta. 2. (Botany) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/169

  10. cotyledon
    <botany> Modified leaf (seed leaf), found as part of the embryo in seeds, involved in either storage or absorption of food reserves. Dicotyledonous seeds contain two, monocotyledonous seeds only one. May appear above ground and show photosynthetic activity in the seedling. ... (18 Nov 1997) .....
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?cotyledon

  11. cotyledon
    seed leaf noun embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants
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  12. cotyledon
    (kot″ә-le´don) any subdivision of the uterine surface of the placenta. irregular convex areas on the chorionic surface of the placenta, consisting of two or more stem villi and their many branch villi; by the end of the fourth month the decidua basalis is almost entirely replaced by the...
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  1. Cotyledon
    • (n.) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf. • (n.) One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta.
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  2. cotyledon
    (from the article `artiodactyl`) ...the placenta contacts the uterus, are evenly distributed (`diffuse` placentas) in hippopotamuses, pigs, camels, and tragulids; in higher ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/149

  3. cotyledon
    seed leaf within the embryo of a seed. Flowering plants whose embryos have a single cotyledon are grouped as monocots, or monocotyledonous plants; ... [9 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/149

  4. cotyledon
    cotyledon, cotyledonary, cotyledonal 1. The first leaf or leaves in the embryo of flowering plants and other seed plants. 2. One of the first leaves to appear after germination (there may be one, two, or more); the foliar portion of the embryo as found in the seed.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/552/

  5. Cotyledon
    A cotyledon (ən; "seed leaf" from Greek: κοτυληδών kotylēdōn, gen.: κοτυληδόνος kotylēdonos, from κοτύλη kotýlē "cup, bowl"), is a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant. Upon germination, the cotyledon may become the embryonic first leaves of a se...
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  6. cotyledon
    A leaf that forms part of the embryo of a seed. A cotyledon is much simpler in structure than later formed leaves and usually lacks chlorophyll. Monocotyledons have one and dicotyledons have two cotyledons in each seed. In gymnosperms the number varies. Cotyledons play an important part in the ear.....
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  7. COTYLEDON
    Seed leaf, the first leaf of a germinating seed.
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  8. cotyledon
    cotyledon (kot"ulēd'un) , in botany, a leaf of the embryo of a seed. The embryos of flowering plants, or angiosperms, usually have either one cotyledon (the monocots) or two (the dicots). Seeds of gymnosperms, such as pines, may have numerous cotyledons. In some seeds the cotyledons ar...
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  9. Cotyledon
    The cotyledon is the first leaf of an embryo plant and is formed within the seed.
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  10. cotyledon
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kot′i-lē′don Definitions: 1. In plants, a seed leaf, the first leaf to grow from a seed. 2. A placental unit. See: maternal cotyledon, fetal cotyledon
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  11. cotyledon
    Structure in the embryo of a seed plant that may form a `leaf` after germination and is commonly known as a seed leaf. The number of cotyledons present in an embryo is an important character in the classification of flowering plants (angiosperms). Monocotyledons (such as grasses, palms, and lilies) ...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0006930.html

  12. Cotyledon
    [disambiguation] A cotyledon is a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant. Cotyledon may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotyledon_(disambiguation)

  13. cotyledon
    primary leaf or leaves of an embryo, becoming the seed leaf or leaves.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_botanical_terms

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