Describing plants with cotyledons (seed leaves) that are unequal in size or form.
From Greek aniso- (unequal) plus cotyledonous (from Latin cotyledon, cup-shaped hollow, used for the rounded leaves of seedlings). Botanists use this term for seed structure variation.
When you split open a seed, the first leaves you see inside are cotyledons—some plants balance them perfectly, but others come with asymmetrical starter leaves, and the plant handles the imbalance naturally as it grows.
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