epicotyˈledonary, a. Bot.
[f. epi- + cotyledon + -ary.]
Situated immediately above the cotyledons.
| 1884 Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. & Ferns 246 The bundles of the trace of the first epicotyledonary leaves insert themselves on the cotyledonary bundles at or close below the cotyledonary node. |