Radicle
21radicle — n. rootlike organ or part; Botany, portion of seed developing into root; Chemical, radical. ♦ radicolous, a. living on roots. ♦ radicular, a. ♦ radiculitis, n. inflammation of nerve root. ♦ radiculose, a. having many rootlets …
22radicle — The portion of the plant embryo which develops into the primary root …
23radicle — n. 1 the part of a plant embryo that develops into the primary root; a rootlet. 2 a rootlike subdivision of a nerve or vein. Derivatives: radicular adj. Etymology: L radicula (as RADIX) …
24radical(s) — radicle(s) …
25radiculo-, radicul- — Radicle; radicular. [L. radicula, radicle, dim. of radix, root] …
26plant development — Introduction a multiphasic process in which two distinct forms succeed each other in alternating generations. One form, created by the union of sexual cells (gametes (gamete)), contains two sets of similar chromosomes (diploid). At sexual… …
27Seed — A seed Audio IPA|en us seed.ogg|/ˈsiːd/ (in some plants, referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and… …
28angiosperm — /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) …
29Hypocotyl — Diagram of Scouler s willow (Salix scouleriana) seed, indicating position of hypocotyl. The hypocotyl (short for hypocotyledonous stem ,[1] meaning below seed leaf ) is the stem of a germinating seedling, found below the cotyledons (seed leaves)… …
30Germination — 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… …
