1.n. A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle.
Definition of Coleorhiza
1. [n -ZAE]
Medical Definition of Coleorhiza
1. Closed hollow cylinder or sheath of leaf like tissue surrounding and protecting the radicle (young root) in grass seedlings.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)