coleoptile

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kō′lē op′til, kol′ē-)


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co•le•op•tile  (kō′lē op′til, kol′ē-),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]
  1. Botany(in grasses) the first leaf above the ground, forming a sheath around the stem tip.
  • Greek koleó(n) sheath, scabbard + ptílon soft feathers, down
  • Neo-Latin coleoptilum
  • 1865–70

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