exogen(n = noun.plant) dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid - flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside;
is a kind of angiosperm, flowering plant
is a member of class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida
has particulars: jiqui, malpighia obovata, acerola, barbados cherry, malpighia glabra, surinam cherry, west indian cherry, cyrilla family, cyrilliaceae, family cyrilliaceae, titi family
Derived form adjective exogenic1
A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen. Gray. [1913 Webster]