Dictionary entry

Dictyogen

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dic‐ty″o‐gen (?), n. [Gr. � a net + -gen.] (Bot.) A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenæ, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceæ, Smilaceæ, Trilliaceæ, etc.