Definition of Epicotyls

1. Noun. (plural of epicotyl) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Epicotyls

1. epicotyl [n] - See also: epicotyl

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epicotyls

epicondylitis
epicondylus
epicondylus lateralis humeri
epicondylus lateralis ossis femoris
epicondylus medialis humeri
epicondylus medialis ossis femoris
epicontinental
epicoracoid
epicoracoids
epicorium
epicormic
epicortical
epicortisol
epicortisols
epicotyl
epicotyls (current term)
epicrania
epicranial
epicranial aponeurosis
epicranial muscle
epicranium
epicranius muscle
epicrises
epicrisis
epicritic
epicritic sensibility
epics
epictetain
epicure
epicurean

Literary usage of Epicotyls

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"... and epicotyls whilst still buried and arched—Their power of straightening themselves—Bursting of the seed-coats—Inherited effect of the arching process ..."

2. The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1900)
"... of hypocotyls and epicotyls whilst still buried and arched—Their power of straightening themselves—Bursting of the seed-coats—Inherited effect of the ..."

3. Practical Plant Physiology: An Introduction to Original Research for by Wilhelm Detmer, S. A. (Samuel Albert) Moor (1898)
"We cultivate the plants in small flower-pots, filled with loose garden earth, and when the epicotyls or hypocotyls as the case may be are in vigorous growth ..."

4. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden by New York botanical garden (1908)
"These differences in details combine to give C the appearance of a more mature tissue-complex than D. If we compare the histology of the epicotyls, ..."

5. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"The cells of the cortex are of about the same size in the two epicotyls. The FIGURES A, ß, D and E, of PLATE 4, show the structure of the leaves of ..."

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