coleoptile

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/kɒliːˈɒptɪl/

Definition of coleoptile

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A pointed sheath that protects the emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as oats and grasses.
    “This kinetic scheme was proposed to account for the observed responses of Avena coleoptiles, and it was thought that it could also be applied to the phototropic responses of corn coleoptiles.”

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Etymology

A classical compound of the Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) + the English -ptile (“leaf”) – the suffix representing the Ancient Greek πτῐ́λον (ptĭ́lon) – probably after the French coléoptile.

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