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In reading Plutarch's life of Mark Antony, there is mentions a Roman army officer whose nickname was "Cotylon"
derived from "cotyle" = cup. This reminded me of botanical term "cotyledon" = the first leaf produced by a germinating seed. I'm a bit surprised that the root is not used in any other word. Do you know of any?
cotyledon
n.
5ModL < L, name of a plant < Gr kotylcdbn < kotylc, a hollow, cavity6 the first single leaf or one of the first pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a flowering plant, or any of various similar structures found in conifers: see MONOCOTYLEDON, DICOTYLEDON
cot#y[le$don[ous or cot#y[le$don[al
adj.
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