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Notorhizal :: Notorhizal (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.

Leaf :: Leaf (n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril..

Macrocephalous :: Macrocephalous (a.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body..

Endorhiza :: Endorhiza (n.) Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.

Acotyledon :: Acotyledon (n.) A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants..

Polycotyledonary :: Polycotyledonary (a.) Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons..

Dicotyledon :: Dicotyledon (n.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating..

Cotyledonary :: Cotyledonary (a.) Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow..

Monocotyl :: Monocotyl (n.) Any monocotyledonous plant.

Cotyledon :: Cotyledon (n.) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.

Exoptile :: Exoptile (n.) A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called because the plumule is naked.

Monocotyledonous :: Monocotyledonous (a.) Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf..

Thalamiflorous :: Thalamiflorous (a.) Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.

Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons..

Pith :: Pith (n.) The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue..

Exorhizous :: Exorhizous (a.) Having a radicle which is not inclosed by the cotyledons or plumule; of or relating to an exorhiza.

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle..

Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them..

Cotyledon :: Cotyledon (n.) One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta.

Monocotyledon :: Monocotyledon (n.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe..

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