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Cotyledon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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; We believe in starting small, focusing on one goal only, developing a real online product that anyone can understand, maintaining flexibility to respond ... COTYLEDON; (cot-il-LEE-don) the part of the seed that grows into the leaves and flowers of a plant. All great things online come from small, simple beginnings.
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Cotyledon orbiculata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cotyledon - Definition of Cotyledon at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Cotyledon. Look it up now! ... Use cotyledon in a Sentence...
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The number of cotyledons present in an embryo is an important character in the classification of flowering plants (angiosperms). Monocotyledons (such as grasses, palms, and lilies) have a single cotyledon, whereas dicotyledons (the majority of plant species) have two.
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For instance, the Nymphaeales, or water lilies, have reticulate venation in their leaves, and what may be a single cotyledon in the embryo. It is not clear whether it is a single lobed cotyledon, or two which have been fused.
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The number of cotyledons is an important feature in classifying plants. Among the flowering plants, the class known as Monocotyledonae have a single cotyledon and Dicotyledonae have two. Conifers have either two cotyledons, as in Taxus (yews), or five to ten, as in Pinus (pines).
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