epiblast
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0020036
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: epiblasto (Spanish)
- exact: 外胚葉 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of plant tissue that is a flap-like projection of the coleorhiza, inserted opposite the scutellum. [source: ISBN:0471244554]
- Comment
- The parenchyma cells of both the coleorhiza and epiblast may function in storage. Some researchers consider the epiblast and coleorhiza independent structures that differentiate from the same proembryonic tissue.
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