cotyledon
pronunciation
How to pronounce cotyledon in British English:
UK [ˌkɒtɪ'li:dən]
How to pronounce cotyledon in American English:
US [ˌkɒtəl'idən]
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- Noun:
- embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants
Word Origin
- cotyledon (n.)
- from 1540s, in various sense, from Latin cotyledon "pennywort, navelwort," from Greek kotyledon "cup-shaped cavity," from kotyle "hollow thing, small vessel," also the name of a small liquid measure (nearly a half-pint); which is of uncertain origin. Botanical sense is 1776, from Linnaeus (1751).
Example
- 1. Study on plant regeneration of cotyledon culture of capsicum .
- 2. Allelopathy effects of water extracts of prunus salicina cotyledon on five crops .
- 3. Studies on cotyledon node zone in some genera of ranunculaceae .
- 4. Effect of cotyledon damage on the growth rate of cucumber seedlings .
- 5. Table 2 the results of cotyledon cultivation of nonoheading chinese cabbage on different media .