epigeal cotyledons

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• epigeal — also epigean or epigeous or epigeic adjective Etymology: Greek epigaios upon the earth, from epi + gaia earth Date: 1861 1. of a cotyledon forced above ground by elongation of the hypocotyl 2. marked by the production of epigeal cotyledons …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Epigeal — Epigeal, epigean, epigeic and epigeous are biological terms describing an organism s activity above the soil surface.In botany, a seed is described as epigeal when the cotyledons of the germinating seed expand, throw off the seed shell and become …   Wikipedia

• epigeal — [ep΄i jē′əl] adj. [Gr epigeios, on the earth (< epi , upon + gē, the earth) + AL] 1. Bot. a) growing on or close to the ground b) emerging from the ground after germination: said of cotyledons 2. Zool. living or developing on the exposed… …   English World dictionary

• epigeal — adj. Bot. 1 having one or more cotyledons above the ground. 2 growing above the ground. Etymology: Gk epigeios (as EPI , ge earth) …   Useful english dictionary

• seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction       respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… …   Universalium

• Cotyledon — For other uses, see Cotyledon (disambiguation). Cotyledon in formation before the accumulation of the reserve seen at Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum) …   Wikipedia

• Monocotyledon — Monocotyledons Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Recent Hemerocallis flower, with three flower parts in each whorl Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium

• Magnoliidae — ▪ plant subclass Introduction       subclass of woody or herbaceous flowering plants belonging to the class Magnoliopsida.       Members of the Magnoliidae are dicotyledonous plants that retain some primitive anatomic and morphological… …   Universalium

• Germination — is the process whereby growth emerges from a period of dormancy. The most common example of germination is the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of an angiosperm or gymnosperm. However, the growth of a sporeling from a spore, for example the… …   Wikipedia

• Hypogeal — means underground . * In botany, a seed is described as hypogeal when the cotyledons of the germinating seed remain non photosynthetic, inside the seed shell, and below ground. The converse, where the cotyledons expand, throw off the seed shell… …   Wikipedia