# Cotyledon

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/cotyledon
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

a [seed](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/seed "the fertilized ovule of a plant, containing an embryo, and sometimes endosperm, which are covered by the seed coat.")-leaf of the [embryo](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/embryo "a young plant within the seed or within the archegonium.") of a [seed](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/seed "the fertilized ovule of a plant, containing an embryo, and sometimes endosperm, which are covered by the seed coat.") plant.

## Related terms

- [Conduplicate](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/conduplicate)
- [Monocotyledon](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/monocotyledon)