hypocotyl
hypocotyl · hypocotyls
In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling between the root and…In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling between the root and cotyledons.
Meaning
1 sensesIn plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling between the root and cotyledons.
Origin
Shortening of hypo- + cotyledonShortening of hypo- + cotyledon
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: hypocotyls| Singular | hypocotyl |
|---|---|
| Plural | hypocotyls |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.