epicotyl
/ˌɛpɪˈkɒtɪl
/noun Botany
The region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon.These enzymes have also been detected in a wide range of plant organs and tissues undergoing developmental changes such as seeds, cotyledons, elongating epicotyls, and in freshly harvested asparagus spears....
- However, in coleoptiles, hypocotyls and epicotyls, gravity can be perceived along the whole length of the responding region and there is no such need to postulate any longitudinal transfer of a message.
- At this stage, both the cotyledons and epicotyls (if visible) were green.
- get in with
- get it in one
- get it on
- get it up
- get knotted
- get laid
- get lost
- get lucky
- get moving
- get nicked
- get no change out of
- get off
- get off at Redfern
- get off on
- get off one's arse
- get off one's bike
- get off the dime
- get off the ground (or get something off the ground)
- get off the mark
- get on
- get one's act together
- get one's arse into gear
- get one's breath (back)
- get one's cards
- get one's claws into