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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coleoptile /ˌkɒlɪˈɒptʌɪl/

▶noun Botany a sheath protecting a young shoot tip in a grass or cereal.

– origin C19: from Gk koleon ‘sheath’ + ptilon ‘feather’.

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