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cotyledon

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cotyledon /ˌkɒtɪˈliːd(ə)n/

▶noun

1 Botany an embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first leaves to appear from a germinating seed.

2 a succulent plant of the stonecrop family. [Genus Cotyledon.]

– derivatives
cotyledonary adjective.

– origin C16: from L., ‘navelwort’, from Gk kotulēdōn ‘cup-shaped cavity’.

'cotyledon' also found in these Oxford entries:

acotyledon - epicotyl - hypocotyl - monocotyledon - scutellum - seed leaf

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