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Definition of Dicot
1. Noun. Flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside.
Generic synonyms: Angiosperm, Flowering Plant
Group relationships: Class Dicotyledonae, Class Dicotyledones, Class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida
Specialized synonyms: Jiqui, Malpighia Obovata, Acerola, Barbados Cherry, Malpighia Glabra, Surinam Cherry, West Indian Cherry, Cyrilla Family, Cyrilliaceae, Family Cyrilliaceae, Titi Family
Derivative terms: Exogenic
Definition of Dicot
1. Noun. (botany) A plant whose seedlings have two cotyledons, a dicotyledon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dicot
1. a plant with two seed leaves [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dicot
1. A subclass of of monocot (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicot
Literary usage of Dicot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"Methods for transformation of agriculturally important (dicot and monocot) will
be developed. ... dicot ..."
2. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1917)
"... (kap-a-ri-da'se-e), * of sandstone, iron and marble ; cost ""Kf""1 л ' v<" '
nat. order of dicot- ..."
3. Science of Plant Life: A High School Botany Treating of the Plant and Its by Edgar Nelson Transeau (1921)
"We shall first study the bundles and the arrangement in a dicot stem ...
The structure of a dicot stem. When a dicot stem is cut across, the bundles are ..."
4. Gene Expression in Horticultural Crops: Bibliography January 1991-October 1992 by Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"Inclusion of a dicot intron in an engineered construct results in a five-fold
enhancement of the level of mRNA stably expressed in dicot nuclei. ..."
5. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plant Vectors: Bibliography January by Lara Wiggert (1995)
"Inclusion of a dicot intron in an engineered construct results in a five-fold
enhancement of the level of mRNA stably expressed in ..."
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