cot·y·le·don

(kŏt′l-ēd′n)

1. Botany A leaf of the embryo of a seed plant, which upon germination either remains in the seed or emerges, enlarges, and becomes green. Also called seed leaf.

2. Anatomy One of the lobules constituting the uterine side of the mammalian placenta, consisting mainly of a rounded mass of villi.

[Latin cotylēdōn, navelwort, from Greek kotulēdōn, from kotulē, hollow object.]

cot′y·le′don·ar′y (-ēd′n-ĕr′ē), cot′y·le′don·al (-ēd′n-əl), cot′y·le′do·nous (-ēd′n-əs) adj.

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References in periodicals archive

Tissue cultures in Passiflora edulis through adventitious organogenesis (A-E) by using cotyledonal explants and in Passiflora cincinnata through somatic embryogenesis (F-J) from zygotic embryos.

Advances in passion fruit (Passiflora spp.) propagation/Avancos na propagacao do maracujazeiro (Passiflora spp.)

schizophylla can be classified as hypogeal crypto cotyledonal germination of the remote-tubular type, based in the concept developed by Tomlinson (1961), with the expansion of an absorption organ inside de seed with a further elongation of the cotyledon petiole which leads the seedling to the surface due to the differentiation of the shoot and root primordia (Figure 5-A-B-C).

Morphological characterization and germination of Syagrus schizophylla (Mart.) Glass. (ARECACEAE)

The seed coat is an important constraint in seed size because it represents a physical barrier to gene expression of the cotyledonal tissue.

Intra-and inter-population variation in seed size and dormancy in Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) Blake in the Atlantic forest/ Variacao entre e dentro de populacoes em tamanho e dormencia de sementes de Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) Blake na Floresta Atlantica

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