seed leaf
First sprouting blade
A seed leaf is the first leaf or pair of leaves that emerge from a germinating seed, providing initial nutrients before true leaves develop.
The technical term is cotyledon.
Seed leaves often look different from the plant's mature foliage: The seed leaves were round, but the true leaves came in serrated.
- cotyledonEmbryonic leaf in seeds
- dicotTwo-cotyledon plant
- sproutNew plant emergence
- endospermSeed's internal nutrient tissue
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
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- seedlingsseedling, sprouting, sprouts, cotyledon, true leaves