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Meaning of cotyledon

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cotyledon

Pronunciation:/kɒtɪˈliːdn̩//ˌkɑtəlˈiːdn̩/

noun

Definitions

  1. Each of the patches of vili on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals.

  2. The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cotyledon

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seed leafumbilicusmicrocotyledontricotyledondicotyledonscutellumhypocotylplacentome