hypocotyl

H4Y4P3O1C3O1T1Y4L1

noun

In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling between the root and cotyledons.

UncommonScrabble 22
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounhypocotyl (plural hypocotyls)

plural hypocotyls

  1. biologyIn plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling between the root and cotyledons.

Origin

Shortening of hypo- + cotyledon

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish alkeisvarsi
  • alkeisvarsiportion of the embryo between the root and cotyledons
Hungarian hipokotil
  • hipokotilportion of the embryo between the root and cotyledons
Irish hipeacotail
  • hipeacotailportion of the embryo between the root and cotyledons
Cite this entry
APA

hypocotyl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypocotyl

MLA

“hypocotyl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypocotyl. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypocotyl,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypocotyl.

Source: hypocotyl on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.