dicotyledon
nounHow to pronounce dicotyledon:
Definition of dicotyledon:
- dicotyledon (noun):
- noun. flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside.
- any of a class or subclass (magnoliopsida or dicotyledoneae) of angiospermous plants that produce an embryo with two cotyledons and usually have floral organs arranged in cycles of four or five and leaves with reticulate venation
Synonyms for dicotyledon:
angiosperm
barbados cherry
class dicotyledonae
class dicotyledones
class magnoliopsida
cyrilla family
cyrilliaceae
dicot
dicotyledon
dicotyledonae
dicotyledones
exogen
family cyrilliaceae
flowering plant
jiqui
magnoliopsid
magnoliopsida
malpighia glabra
malpighia obovata
surinam cherry
titi family
west indian cherry
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- diatomaceous
- diaphoresis
- diaeresis
- diabolical
- developmental
- devanagari
- determinative
- desideratum
- desalination
- derogatory
- deregulation
- demasculinize
- deliverable
- delimitation
- degenerative
- definitively
- dedicatedly
- decomposition
- deceleration
- decapitalize
- debilitating
- dacryoadenitis
- cynophobia
- crystallization
- cruciverbalist
- coxsackievirus
- contraindications
- contradistinction
- continuousness
- continentally
- contextualized
- contamination
- consolidated
- conservatism
- consequential
- consequences
- conjunctivitis
- congregational
- confederacy
- complementary
- competitiveness
- companionably
- communicating
- communicater
- commissioner
- commemorations
- columbarium
- colonization
- colonisation
- colloquially
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