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- In this way, the epicotyl pushes the plumule above the ground.en.wikipedia.org
- Growth of the plumule does not occur until the cotyledons have grown above ground.en.wikipedia.org
- Here the hypocotyl is a rudimentary axis between radicle and plumule.en.wikipedia.org
- Unlike a feather, a single bit of down, called a plumule, is puffy in lots of different directions, so it traps air.www.afr.com
- A structure called the coleoptile, essentially a part of the "cotyledon", protects the young stem and plumule as growth pushes them up through the soil.en.wikipedia.org
- The embryo forms a ligule, and the plumule protrudes from this.en.wikipedia.org
- Thus, the distinction between hypogeal and epigeal germination depends on which part of the germinating seed elongates to push the plumule above the soil.www.ghanaweb.com
- These seeds develop by the plumule growing up through the soil with the cotyledons remaining below the surface.en.wikipedia.org
- In most seeds, for example the sunflower, the plumule is a small conical structure without any leaf structure.en.wikipedia.org
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