tricotyledonous

\(|)trī+\ adjective

Etymology: tri- + cotyledon + -ous

: having three cotyledons

a tricotyledonous seedling

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/truy kot'l eed"n euhs, truy'kot-/, adj. Bot.

having three cotyledons.

[1820-30; TRI- + COTYLEDON + -OUS]

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tricotyledonous

see tri- 1.