Usually means: Embryonic stem between root, cotyledons.
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  1. hypocotyl: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypocotyl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hypocotyl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hypocotyl: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hypocotyl: Wordnik
  6. Hypocotyl, Hypocotyl: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  7. hypocotyl: Wiktionary
  8. hypocotyl: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hypocotyl: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hypocotyl: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. hypocotyl: Dictionary.com
  12. Hypocotyl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (hypocotyl)

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

Similar:
epicotyl, mesocotyl, cotyledon, collet, seed-lobe, dicotyledon, tricotyledon, dicot, coconut embryo, embryo, more...

Opposite:
epicotyl, radicle, stem

Types:
radicle, plumule, cotelydon, epicotyl, more...

Adjectives:
short, arched, long, elongated, upper, swollen, enlarged, large, lower, young, etiolated

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Similar:
epicotyl, mesocotyl, cotyledon, collet, seed-lobe, dicotyledon, tricotyledon, dicot, coconut embryo, embryo, more...

Opposite:
epicotyl, radicle, stem

Types:
radicle, plumule, cotelydon, epicotyl, more...

Adjectives:
short, arched, long, elongated, upper, swollen, enlarged, large, lower, young, etiolated



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