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Epicotyl  [ Botany  ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
     
  The part of the stem of an embryo or of a seedling between the cotyledons and the first true leaves.  
     
[From Greek “epi” = above +  cotyledon]

The epicotyl is the equivalent of the stem in a germinating seedling. It is the vegetative axis above the attachment point of the cotyledons and below  the fist true leaves (although not all plants have one), which is responsible for initial upward elongation growth and develops into the stem.

 See also: Hypocotyl
     

 

 
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