epicotyl

American  

[ep-i-kot-l, ep-i-kot-l] / ˌɛp ɪˈkɒt l, ˈɛp ɪˌkɒt l /

noun

Botany.

1. (in the embryo of a plant) that part of the stem above the cotyledons.

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epicotyl British  

/ ˌɛpɪˈkɒtɪl /

noun

1. the part of an embryo plant stem above the cotyledons but beneath the terminal bud

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epicotyl Scientific  

/ ĕp′ĭ-kŏt′l /

1. The stem of a seedling or embryo located between the cotyledons and the first true leaves.

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Etymology

Origin of epicotyl

1875–80; epi- + Greek kotýlē cup

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Example Sentences

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epicotyl

The cotyledons are hypogean, and the epicotyl breaks through the ground in an arched form.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin

This is the epicotyl, and another growing tip pointed toward the lower end of the kernel; this is the hypocotyl or the part which penetrates the soil and forms roots.

From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich

In consequence of this injury it had emitted near the hypogean cotyledons two secondary shoots, and it was remarkable that both of these were arched, like the normal epicotyl in ordinary cases.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin

This movement facilitates the withdrawal of the tip of the epicotyl or of the cotyledons, as the case may be, from within the seed-coats and from the ground.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin

Another buried and arched epicotyl was observed in the same manner, excepting that the two legs of the arch were tied together with fine silk for the sake of preventing the great movement just mentioned.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin

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