COTYLEDON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cotyledon mean? 

• COTYLEDON (noun)
  The noun COTYLEDON has 1 sense:

1. embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants

  Familiarity information: COTYLEDON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COTYLEDON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cotyledon; seed leaf

Hypernyms ("cotyledon" is a kind of...):

cataphyll (a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development)

 Context examples 

Leaves may appear as part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.

(Leaf, Food and Drug Administration)