COLEOPTILUM

Meaning of COLEOPTILUM in English

noun

see coleoptile

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

COLEOPTILE — noun Etymology: New Latin coleoptilum, from Greek koleon + ptilon down; akin to Greek pteron Date: circa 1866 the first …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COLEOPTILE — ˌkōlēˈäptə̇l, ˌkäl- noun also co·le·op·ti·lum -tə̇ləm ( plural coleop·tiles -tə̇lz ; also coleopti·la -tə̇lə) Etymology: New Latin coleoptilum, from cole- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLEOPTILE — /koh'lee op"til, kol'ee-/ , n. Bot. (in grasses) the first leaf above the ground, forming a sheath around the stem …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLEOPTILE — noun Etymology: New Latin coleoptilum, from Greek koleon + ptilon down; akin to Greek pteron Date: circa 1866 : the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLEOPTILE — [co.le.op.tile] n [NL coleoptilum, fr. Gk koleon + ptilon down; akin to Gk pteron] (ca. 1866): the first leaf of …
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