Cotyledon

Word COTYLEDON
Character 9
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /kɒtɪˈliːdn̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Cotyledon"

What do we mean by cotyledon?

A leaf of the embryo of a seed plant, which upon germination either remains in the seed or emerges, enlarges, and becomes green. noun

One of the lobules constituting the uterine side of the mammalian placenta, consisting mainly of a rounded mass of villi. noun

The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling. noun

Each of the patches of vili on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals.

The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.

Mean a place in a seed or kernal in which food is stored Urban Dictionary

Means a place in wheres in which food is stored Urban Dictionary

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The word "cotyledon" in example sentences

"Eugene," Edith said, in the manner of a classic advertising campaign, "as long as you're up -- will you look up the definition of the word cotyledon?" ❋ Unknown (1988)

Called a cotyledon, this mutated umbilical cord feeds the baby plant. ❋ Adam Leith Gollner (2008)

It is called a cotyledon if there is but one portion, cotyledons if two. ❋ Ellen Eddy Shaw (N/A)

At b, the further swelling and opening out, as it were, of what, in botanical language, is known as the cotyledon stage of development, will be seen; ❋ W. Watson (N/A)

"cotyledon" and "dicotyledon" -- I should not have been surprised; but they blundered over the ordinary English, and had next to no sense of the meaning of punctuation. ❋ George Sturt (1895)

Basil is basil flavored and smells like basil from the cotyledon on. ❋ Doyle (2008)

The cotyledon plunges into the ground, and can then travel up to sixty-five feet away. ❋ Adam Leith Gollner (2008)

The ruin of the cathedral was covered with the cotyledon umbilicus, or navel wort; and the beautiful wild menyanthes trefoliatum, or trefoil, grew in abundance near the same place. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Most mature legume seeds are starchy, and require cooking in water to soften the cotyledon cell walls and starch granules. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

The initial high temperature and moisture soften the cotyledon cell walls and starch granules; continued roasting evaporates most of the water to give a crisp rather than hard texture. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

Gelatinization of starches inside cotyledon cells of kidney beans. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

For Nature sends the sanguineous nutriment for the embryo into this part of the uterus as she sends milk into the breasts, and because the cotyledons are gradually aggregated from many into a few the body of the cotyledon becomes like an eruption or inflammation. ❋ Unknown (2002)

And the navel is attached to the cotyledon in all such as possess cotyledons, and to the womb itself by a vein in all such as have the womb smooth. ❋ Unknown (2002)

[cut] [the seed] in half to [reveal] the cotyledon ❋ Reneae (2004)

remove the skin from the [kernal] then [cut it] in half to [reveal] the cotyledon ❋ Renae (2004)

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