polycotyledon

noun

poly·​cotyledon

¦pälē,

-lə̇+

: a plant (as the pine and other conifers) having more than two cotyledons

Word History

Etymology

New Latin polycotyledones, plural, from poly- + cotyledones, plural of cotyledon

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