Definition
dicot
noun
- a flowering plant with two cotyledons (seed leaves), typically having flower parts in multiples of four or five and parallel leaf veins
Usage: short for dicotyledon; common in botanical and educational contexts
Examples
- Roses and beans are examples of dicots.
- Dicots make up about 75% of all flowering plants.
- The dicot class includes most trees, shrubs, and broad-leaved plants.
- Unlike monocots, dicots have two seed leaves when they germinate.
- Sunflowers are dicots with characteristic flower structures.
- In botany class, students learn to distinguish dicots from monocots by examining leaf venation.