Definition of Coleoptile
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Coleoptile
1.
Closed hollow cylinder or sheath of leaf like tissue surrounding and protecting the plumule (shoot axis and young leaves) in grass seedlings.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coleoptile
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