COLEOPTILE


Meaning of COLEOPTILE in English

[co.le.op.tile] n [NL coleoptilum, fr. Gk koleon + ptilon down; akin to Gk pteron] (ca. 1866): the first leaf of a monocotyledon forming a protective sheath about the plumule

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