epicotyledonary

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Adjective

epicotyledonary (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Synonym of epicotylar
    • 1904, Ceylon Journal of Science: Botany, volume 2, page 209:
      Seedling showing median length for hypocotyl and long epicotyledonary stem without leaf rudiments []
    • 1930, Journal of Agricultural Research, page 379:
      The fractures in the epicotyledonary region differ somewhat in general appearance, but all produce the same result — the plumule fails to develop and finally becomes detached from the rest of the epicotyl.
    • 1976, The Journal of the Indian Botanical Society, page 10:
      A day later epicotyledonary meristem or shoot apex is initiated []