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Angiosperms, or flowering plants that have seeds enclosed by an ovary or fruit, are broken into monocots (one seed leaf, like grasses, yuccas, greenbrier and palms) and dicots (with two seed leaves, like apples, cherries and dogwoods).
—Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
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First Known Use
circa 1682, in the meaning defined above
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“Seed leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seed%20leaf. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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