In plant physiology, the epicotyl is the embryonic shoot above the cotyledons. ... 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.

What is the epicotyl of a seed?

The epicotyl is the portion of the embryonic stem above the point at which the stem is attached to the cotyledon(s). The hypocotyl is the por- tion below the point of attachment. The hypocotyl is connected to the radicle.

What is epicotyl and cotyledon?

As nouns the difference between epicotyl and cotyledon

is that epicotyl is (botany) in plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling above the cotyledons while cotyledon is (botany) the leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.