mesocotylaradj.
/ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈkɒtᵻlə/, U.S. /ˌmɛzoʊˈkɑdələr/; see also meso- comb. form. Botany.
Of or belonging to the mesocotyl.
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1923 Bot. Gaz. 76 388 (caption) Transverse section through seedling..; ms, mesocotylar stele.
1934 A. Arber Gramineae xi. 233 Now the scutellum bundle is carried for the full length of the mesocotyl parallel to the mesocotylar stele.
1947 Jrnl. Ecol. 34 336 Adventitious roots are seen to arise from the distal end of the mesocotyl itself, with their vascular supply leaving the mesocotylar strand below the point where the latter branches.
1995 Japanese Jrnl. Crop Sci. 64 139 Development of mesocotylar roots was rather stimulated by ethylene under red light.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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