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dicotyledon
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
dicotyledon Larger of the two subgroups of flowering...embryo. Other general features of dicotyledons include broad leaves with branching...taproot. There are c. 250 families of dicotyledons, such as the rose , daisy , and magnolia...
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John Ray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...zoological systematist who divided plants into monocotyledons and dicotyledons. John Ray was born on Nov. 29, 1627, at Black Notley...plant is analogous to the adult." This is the division into dicotyledons and monocotyledons which all subsequent botanists have adopted...
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cotyledon
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
cotyledon First leaf or pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a flowering plant. Its function is to store and digest food for the embryo plant, and, if it emerges above ground, to photosynthesize for seedling growth. See also dicotyledon ; monocotyledon
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angiosperm
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...They include most trees, bushes, and non-woody herbs. There are two main groups: monocotyledons (which have one seed leaf) such as grasses and daffodils, and dicotyledons (which have two seed leaves) such as peas and oak.
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Arber, Agnes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...monocot, division of flowering plants. Monocots are the smaller of the two main flowering plant groups, the larger being dicotyledons (dicots), and are generally characterized as having a single seed leaf, narrow leaves with parallel veins, flower parts...
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Holly Family (Aquifoliaceae)
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...of which 400 are members of the holly genus, Ilex . The family Aquifoliaceae is a member of the class Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons), division Magnoliophyta (the angiosperms, or flowering plants). Most hollies are dioecious, meaning a plant is either...
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Sugar Crops and Natural Sweeteners
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...except in the breeding of new varieties, and capable of giving repeated harvests. In contrast, sugar beet is a biennual dicotyledon, harvested in the first season and replanted annually from seed. Cane grows in the tropics and subtropics, beet in temperate...
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Begonia
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Begonias are members of the begonia family, Begoniaceae, order Violales, subclass Dilleniidae, class Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons), division Magnoliophyta (flowering plants). The begonia family consists of five genera and 920 true species, the majority...
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flower
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...family to family; in monocotyledonous plants the parts generally occur in groups of three or in multiples of three, and in dicotyledons more often in groups of two, four, and five. Flowers may be staminate (lack carpels), carpellate, or both; staminate...
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monocotyledon
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
monocotyledon Subclass of flowering plants ( angiosperms ) characterized by one seed leaf ( cotyledon ) in the seed embryo; the leaves are usually parallel-veined. Examples include lilies, onions, orchids, palms, and grasses. The larger subclass of plants is dicotyledon .
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