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Webster 1913 Edition


Acotyledon

A-cotˊy-le′don

(#; 277)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
ἀ
priv. + [GREEK] anything cup-shaped. See
Cotyledon
.]
(Bot.)
A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.

Webster 1828 Edition


Acotyledon

ACOTYL'EDON

,
Noun.
[Gr. a priv. a hollow.]
In botany, a plant whose seeds have no side lobes, or cotyledons.