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English

Etymology

di- (“two”) +? cotyledon (“embryonic leaf”)

Noun

dicotyledon (plural dicotyledons)

1. (botany) A plant whose seedling has two cotyledons.

   Dicotyledons and monocotyledons together make up the flowering plants, the angiosperms.

2. (botany, historical) Any plant in what used to be the Dicotyledones.

Synonyms

• dicot
• magnoliopsid (in the Cronquist System)

Derived terms

• dicotyledonous

Translations

See also

• monocotyledon
• eudicot
• APG

Further reading

• dicotyledon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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