English Explanatory Dictionary

hypocotyl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling between the root and cotyledons.

Word forms

hypocotyl hypocotyls

Etymology

Shortening of hypo- + cotyledon

Related words

cotyledon epicotyl
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