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Cotyledon
see synonyms of cotyledonNoun
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Cotyledon
see synonyms of cotyledonnoun
1.
a simple embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, which, in some species, forms the first green leaf after germination
2.
a tuft of villi on the mammalian placenta
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Cotyledon
see synonyms of cotyledon noun
the first single leaf or one of the first pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a flowering plant, or any of various similar structures found in conifers
see also monocotyledon, dicotyledonWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Cotyledon
see synonyms of cotyledonn.
1. Botany A leaf of the embryo of a seed plant, which upon germination either remains in the seed or emerges, enlarges, and becomes green. Also called seed leaf.
2. Anatomy One of the lobules constituting the uterine side of the mammalian placenta, consisting mainly of a rounded mass of villi.
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