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adjective
Botany(Of a plant embryo) having more than two cotyledons; (of a plant) producing such embryos, as many conifers.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in John Hull (1764–1843), physician and botanist. From poly- + cotyledon + -ous, after scientific Latin Polycotyledones.
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