Seeds

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Seeds

• Lab 13G

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Parts of a Seed
In plant physiology, the epicotyl is the
embryonic shoot above the cotyledons.
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Parts of a Seed
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.
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Parts of a Seed
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.
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