dicot

noun

di·cot | \ ˈdī-ˌkät

plural dicots

Definition of dicot

: an angiospermous plant (such as a deciduous tree or broad-leaved herb) having an embryo with two cotyledons, leaves with typically reticulate venation, and floral organs usually arranged in multiples of four or five : dicotyledon And of the two great groups of plants, monocots and dicots, the monocots (the grasses and their ilk) do share a single ancestor, but the dicots do not, which means they are not a natural grouping.— Steve Hatch — often used before another noun dicot speciesMost leaves and petrified wood from late Cretaceous and younger rocks are of dicot flowering plants.— Alan M. Cvancara

Keep scrolling for more