cot·y·le·don
noun/ˌkɒtɪˈliːdn/
/ˌkɑːtɪˈliːdn/
(specialist)- a part inside a seed that looks like a small leaf, which the developing plant uses as a store of food. Cotyledons are the first parts of the seed to appear above the ground when it begins to grow.
Topics Plants and treesc2种子内部看起来像小叶子的部分,发育中的植物用它来储存食物。子叶是种子开始生长时第一个露出地面的部分。 Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a patch of villi on the placenta of mammals): from Latin, ‘navelwort’ (which has cup-shaped leaves), from Greek kotulēdōn ‘cup-shaped cavity’, from kotulē ‘cup’.