mesocotyl
/ˈmɛsə(ʊ)ˌkɒtl/Botany
noun
In the embryos of many grasses: the part of the axis between the scutellar node and the coleoptile.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853–1922), botanist. From meso- + cotyl-, apparently after German Mesocotyl.
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- heterospory
- heterostyled
- heterostylous
- heterostyly
- heterotic
- heterotransplant
- heterotroph
- heterotrophic
- heterotrophy
- heterotypic
- heterozygosis
- heterozygosity
- heterozygote
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