Associations to the word «Cotyledon»

Wiktionary

COTYLEDON, noun. (botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.

Dictionary definition

COTYLEDON, noun. Embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats