Usually means: Stem segment above seed leaves.
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  1. epicotyl: Merriam-Webster
  2. epicotyl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. epicotyl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. epicotyl: Collins English Dictionary
  5. epicotyl: Wordnik
  6. Epicotyl: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  7. epicotyl: Wiktionary
  8. epicotyl: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. epicotyl: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. epicotyl: Dictionary.com
  11. Epicotyl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. epicotyl: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. epicotyl: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (epicotyl)

▸ noun:  (botany) In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling above the cotyledons.

Similar:
hypocotyl, cotyledon, mesocotyl, seed-lobe, endotegmen, embryo, collet, plumule, dicotyledon, exotegmen, more...

Opposite:
hypocotyl, radicle, stem

Adjectives:
pea, grown, etiolated, young, lentil, normal, arched, buried, same, developed, lateral

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Similar:
hypocotyl, cotyledon, mesocotyl, seed-lobe, endotegmen, embryo, collet, plumule, dicotyledon, exotegmen, more...

Opposite:
hypocotyl, radicle, stem

Adjectives:
pea, grown, etiolated, young, lentil, normal, arched, buried, same, developed, lateral



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