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

Example Sentences

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epicotyl

In the evening the blinds were taken away, one by one. the course pursued by an epicotyl under these circumstances is shown in Fig.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin

Two more ounces were added, and the 14 ounces were lifted up to a very little height, and then the epicotyl yielded and bent to one side.

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

By removing the soil a buried epicotyl or plumule was found, with its summit arched abruptly downwards, like the arched hypocotyl of the cabbage previously described.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin

This bean had germinated on bare damp sand, and the epicotyl began to straighten itself much sooner than would have occurred if it had been properly planted.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin