Meanings
plural dicotyledons
- biologyA plant whose seedling has two cotyledons.
Dicotyledons and monocotyledons together make up the flowering plants, the angiosperms.
Synonyms: dicot, magnoliopsid
- historicalbiologyAny plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plant whose seedling has two cotyledons.
More synonyms by meaning
nounflowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From di- (“two”) + cotyledon (“embryonic leaf”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali দ্বিবীজপত্রী
- দ্বিবীজপত্রী (dibijpotri)in botany
Bulgarian двусемеделни
- двусемеделни (dvusemedelni)in botany
Catalan dicotiledoni
- dicotiledoniin botany
Chinese Mandarin 双子叶植物
- 双子叶植物 (shuāng zǐ yè zhí wù)in botany
Czech dvouděložné
- dvouděložnéin botany
Danish tokimbladede
- tokimbladedein botany
Dutch tweezaadlobbige
- tweezaadlobbigein botany
Estonian kaheidulehelised
- kaheidulehelisedin botany
Finnish kaksisirkkainen
- kaksisirkkainenin botany
French dicotylédone, Dicotylédone
- dicotylédonein botany
- Dicotylédonein botany
German Zweikeimblättrigen
- Zweikeimblättrigenin botany
Greek δικοτυλήδονα
- δικοτυλήδονα (dikotylídona)in botany
Hindi द्विबीजपत्री
- द्विबीजपत्री (dvibījpatrī)in botany
Hungarian kétszikűek
- kétszikűekin botany
Icelandic tvíkímblöðungar
- tvíkímblöðungarin botany
Japanese 双子葉植物
- 双子葉植物 (sōshiyō shokubutsu)in botany
Korean 쌍떡잎식물, 쌍자엽식물
- 쌍떡잎식물 (ssangtteogipsingmul)in botany
- 쌍자엽식물 (ssangjayeopsingmul)in botany
Latvian divdīgļlapji
- divdīgļlapjiin botany
Lithuanian dviskilčiai
- dviskilčiaiin botany
Norwegian Bokmål tofrøbladede
- tofrøbladedein botany
Polish roślina dwuliścienna
- roślina dwuliściennain botany
Portuguese dicotiledónea, dicotiledônea
- dicotiledóneain botany
- dicotiledôneain botany
Romanian dicotiledonată
- dicotiledonatăin botany
Russian двудо́льное
- двудо́льное (dvudólʹnoje)in botany
Spanish dicotiledón
- dicotiledónin botany
Swedish tvåhjärtbladiga
- tvåhjärtbladigain botany
Tagalog duhambindahon, duhambin
- duhambindahonin botany
- duhambinin botany
Tamil இருவித்திலையி
- இருவித்திலையி (iruvittilaiyi)in botany
Turkish çift çenekli, dikotiledon
- çift çenekliin botany
- dikotiledonin botany
Ukrainian дводольні
- дводольні (dvodolʹni)in botany
Vietnamese thực vật hai lá mầm
- thực vật hai lá mầmin botany
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dicotyledon
Cite this entry
dicotyledon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dicotyledon
“dicotyledon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dicotyledon. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dicotyledon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dicotyledon.
Source: dicotyledon on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.