Definition of "dicotyledonous" []

• Of or pertaining to the dicotyledons. (adjective)
• Having two cotyledons. (adjective)

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• "` ` No, dear, not every one; plants are divided into two kinds: those which have two food leaves, like these plants, and those which have only one; these are called dicotyledonous, and the ones which have but one food leaf are monocotyledonous."
• ""No, dear, not every one; plants are divided into two kinds: those which have two food leaves, like these plants, and those which have only one; these are called dicotyledonous, and the ones which have but one food leaf are monocotyledonous."
• "And even though I hate sweet potatoes (I'm sorry, I do), I appreciate that there exists a sweet potato pie, because it's so charming and so authentically American (and here comes someone in the comment section below to lecture me that sweet potatoes, or yams, or a "dicotyledonous plant belonging to the family Convolvulaceae", or what have you are actually native to Africa)."