Măc'ro-cĕph'a-lōus, a.

adjective

a. [Gr. μακρός, long, and κεφαλή, the head.]

Sense 1. Having a large head.

Sense 2. (Bot.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body. Henslow.