Dicot
/DY-kot/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: dicotyledon, eudicot
A traditional grouping of flowering plants (Dicotyledones) characterised by two cotyledons (seed leaves), reticulate (net-like) leaf venation, flower parts in multiples of four or five, and vascular bundles arranged in a ring. Modern taxonomy has replaced this group with "eudicots" (true dicots) and several smaller basal groups. Dicots include most trees, shrubs, and common garden plants — roses, oaks, sunflowers, and legumes.
Etymology
Greek di (two) + kotyledon (cup-shaped hollow, seed-leaf)
Example
“Roses, oaks, and beans are all dicots — their leaves show the characteristic net-like venation pattern.”