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What does hypocotyl mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hypocotyl? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (botany) In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling between the root and cotyledons.
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When that process happens, elongation of the hypocotyl, the embryonic stem, stops.
A hypocotyl is the primary organ of extension of a young plant and it will eventually develop into the stem.
However, the method for production gets complicated because the process of exuviating skin and removing hypocotyl is necessary.
During weeks 5 and 6 there was further development of the hypocotyl root axis and cotyledons.
Microscopical examination for the fungal infection was performed on the bristles, adjacent hypocotyl surface and the internal tissue of root primordia.
If the hypocotyl is extended, the cotyledons are carried out of the soil, but, if the epicotyl elongates, the cotyledons remain in the soil.

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