the embryonic axis above the point at which the cotyledon are attached
portion of the stem of a plant embryo or seedling above the node where the cotyledons are attached (see hypocotyl)
(epp´ i kot´ il) [Gr. epi: upon + kotyle: something hollow] • That part of a plant embryo or seedling that is above the cotyledons.
The upper portion of the embryonic axis, above the cotyledons (in cereals: the scutellar node) and below the first true leaves.
the stem of a seedling or embryo between the cotyledons and the first true leaf
In a seed, the part of the embryo plant that lies above the attachment of the cotyledons and from which the stem and leaves will develop.
The part of the stem of a seedling or embryo just above the cotyledons.
Apical end of embryo axis that gives rise to shoot system.
All tissue of an embryonic or seedling plant above the cotyledons. The epicotyl gives rise to the first true leaves.
The epicotyl is the part of the stem that is above the first leaves.
In plant physiology, the epicotyl is the embryonic shoot above the cotyledons. In dicots, the hypocotyl is what appears to be the base stem under the spent withered cotyledons, and the shoot just above that is the epicotyl. In monocot plants, the first shoot that emerges from the ground or from the seed is the epicotyl, from which the first shoots and leaves emerge.