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Early corn development

Corn, Zea mays, seedling recently germinated. The upward growing shoot at this point consists of the coleoptile being fed by the endosperm stored within the remains of the seed.

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Copyright: Ted Kinsman / Science Source Inc.
Image Size: 5616x3744 / 9.0MB; plant corn maize zea zea mays germination germinate germinating emergence emerging seed seed coat root seedling shoot coleoptile cotyledon monocotyledon monocotyledones clade monocot clade monocots angiosperm growth early development sprout sprouting botany vegetable grain silhouettable
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Corn, Zea mays, seedling recently germinated. The upward growing shoot at this point consists of the coleoptile being fed by the endosperm stored within the remains of the seed.