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talluelos y radículas

English translation: epicotyls and radicles

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Spanish term or phrase:talluelos y radículas
English translation:epicotyls and radicles
Entered by: Louisa Coleman

08:55 Oct 8, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
Spanish term or phrase: talluelos y radículas
habla de la elongación de los talluelos y radículas de plantulas
Louisa Coleman
Local time: 04:57
epicotyls and radicles
Explanation:
An epicotyl (talluelo) is an ebryonic stem, and a radicle is an embryonic root.
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John Speese
United States
Local time: 23:57
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3young stems and radicles
Marcela Greco Laniella
5shoots and rootlets
Catalina Connon
5epicotyls and radicles
John Speese
3stems and radicles
Tati Clau


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talluelos y radículas
stems and radicles


Explanation:
an idea

Tati Clau
Local time: 05:57
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
talluelos y radículas
young stems and radicles


Explanation:
"talluelo" means small or young, tender stems; radicle is the technical term used in Botany.

Marcela Greco Laniella
Argentina
Local time: 00:57
Native speaker of: Spanish

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talluelos y radículas
shoots and rootlets


Explanation:
shoots and rootlets:
The effect of the duration of germination on the root and ***shoot*** lengths is given in table 2. It was observed that as the germination period increased, the lengths of both the root and ***shoot** increased. ICSV 401 had the longest ***rootlet*** while ICSV 89002 had the shortest. ICSV 401, ICSH 507 and Isiad dorado had longer shoot,
http://www.bioline.org.br/request?ft02019

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Note added at 4 hrs 17 mins (2005-10-08 13:13:18 GMT)
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The beans will swell as they imbibe water and, soon after, a small ***rootlet*** that will poke out the end of each seed, followed ...
Etiolation is useful, up to a point, because a svelte, young ***shoot***, just emerging from a seed, pushes more easily through soil than a stocky one. Once an etiolated plant is exposed to light, it becomes green, with large leaves and thick stems.
http://www.ulsterpublishing.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article...



Catalina Connon
Argentina
Local time: 00:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
talluelos y radículas
epicotyls and radicles


Explanation:
An epicotyl (talluelo) is an ebryonic stem, and a radicle is an embryonic root.


    Reference: http://www.webref.org/biology/e/epicotyl.htm
John Speese
United States
Local time: 23:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
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