ALL meanings of cotyledon
cot·y·le·don
C c - noun cotyledon a simple embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, which, in some species, forms the first green leaf after germination 3
- noun cotyledon a tuft of villi on the mammalian placenta 3
- noun cotyledon the first single leaf or one of the first pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a flowering plant, or any of various similar structures found in conifers 3
- noun cotyledon An embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first leaves to appear from a germinating seed. 1
- noun cotyledon the primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants. 1
- noun cotyledon Anatomy. any of several lobules of the placenta. 1
- noun cotyledon (botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling. 0