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cotyledon
/ˌkɑt.əˈliː.dən/
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What does cotyledon mean?
noun
- Each of the patches of villi on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals.
- The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.
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/ˌkɑt.əˈliː.dən/
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(By using Piccard's method I have succeeded in showing that the gravitational sensitiveness of the cotyledon of Sorghum is certainly much greater than the sensitiveness of the hypocotyl--if indeed any such sensitiveness exists.