scutellum
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0020110
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: haustorial cotyledon
- exact: escutelo (Spanish)
- exact: 胚盤 (Japanese)
- Definition
- An embryonic plant structure that is a more or less shield-shaped and absorptive portion of a plant embryo of Poaceae. [source: APweb:Glossary, ISBN:0471244554]
- Comment
- May be a modified cotyledon.
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