any flowering plant of the class Dicotyledones having two embryonic seed leaves, flower parts in fours or fives, and net-veined leaves: includes most broad-leaved flowering trees and plants. [1720–30; < New Latin] di•cot`y•le′don•ous,adj. ...
any flowering plant of the class Dicotyledones having two embryonic seed leaves, flower parts in fours or fives, and net-veined leaves: includes most broad-leaved flowering trees and plants. [1720–30; < New Latin] di•cot`y•le′don•ous,adj. ...