DeCS

Descriptor English:

Cotyledon

Descriptor Spanish:

Cotiledón

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	cotiledón
Entry term(s)	coleoptilo cotiledones
Scope note:	Parte del embrión en la semilla de los vegetales de semilla. El número de cotiledones es una característica importante para la clasificación de los vegetales. En las semillas sin endosperma, almacenan alimento que es utilizado para la germinación. En algunas plantas emergen por encima de la superficie del suelo y se transforman en las primeras hojas fotosintéticas.(Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Cotilédone

Descriptor French:

Cotylédon

Entry term(s):

Coléoptile
Feuille cotylédonaire

Tree number(s):

A18.024.500.750.333
A18.024.875.500

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018548

Scope note:

A part of the embryo in a seed plant. The number of cotyledons is an important feature in classifying plants. In seeds without an endosperm, they store food which is used in germination. In some plants, they emerge above the soil surface and become the first photosynthetic leaves. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)

Annotation:

coordinate with specific plant

Allowable Qualifiers:

AE effets indésirables
AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PO intoxication
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
TO toxicité
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

32297

Unique ID:

D018548

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Date Established:

1995/01/01

Date of Entry:

1994/06/07

Revision Date:

2010/06/25