epicotylar

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

epi- +‎ cotylar

Adjective[edit]

epicotylar (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Located above the cotyledons.
    • 1984, Journal of Plant Anatomy and Morphology, volumes 1-2, page 77:
      The basipetally differentiating epicotylar vasculature and the root-hypocotyl-cotyledon vasculature are ontogenetically separate and establish connection just below the cotyledons.
    • 2013, Pawan K. Jaiwal, Rana P. Singh, Applied Genetics of Leguminosae Biotechnology, page 78:
      Shoots regenerated from epicotylar end were selected on kanamycin (50 mg/L) and the shoots derived from the axillary bud primordia of cotyledonary node failed to survive on kanamycin.
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