Definitions For Coleoptile

Noun

COLEOPTILE (plural COLEOPTILEs) (botany) A pointed sheath that protects the emerge, emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as oats and grasses.

Related terms

coleoptilar

Translations

Catalan: coleòptil, m French: coléoptile, m Italian: coleoptile, m Japanese: 子葉鞘 (しようしょう, shiyōshō, sc=Jpan) Persian: ساقه‌پوش, tr=sāqepūš Spanish: coleóptilo, m Tagalog: kalubsuloy

Etymology

a {{w , classical compound}} of the {{der , en , grc , κολεός , , sheath}} + the {{etyl , en , -}} -ptile , t1=leaf – the suffix representing the {{cog , grc , πτῐ́λον}} – probably after the {{der , en , fr , coléoptile}}.

Is Coleoptile a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
18

The word Coleoptile is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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