Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acotyledonous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
acotyle-donous
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English cotyledonous English acotyledonous From a- + cotyledonous.

Questions

What does acotyledonous mean?
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
Where does acotyledonous come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English cotyledonous English acotyledonous From a- + cotyledonous.

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