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what is epicotyl and hypocotyl?

 
 The part of the stem of an embryo or of a seedling between the cotyledons and the first true leaves. 
   
[From Greek “epi” = above +  cotyledon]

The epicotyl is the equivalent of the stem in a germinatingseedling. It is the vegetative axis above the attachment point of the cotyledons and below  the fist true leaves (although not all plants have one), which is responsible for initial upwardelongation growth and develops into the stem.

 

hypocotyl :

The part of the stem of an embryo or of a seedling between the radicle and thecotyledons. 
   
[ From Greek “hypo” = below + cotyledon ]

The hypocotyl is the equivalent of the stem in a germinatingseedling. The vegetative axis below the cotyledons and above the radicle, which is responsible for initial upward elongationgrowth and develops into the stem.

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In plant physiology, the epicotyl is the embryonic shoot above the cotyledons. In most plants the epicotyl will eventually develop into the leaves of the plant. 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. 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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Epi means which develop from plumule and other is from radical
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