| lncRNA | long non-coding RNA |
| lincRNA | intergenic lncRNA |
| lncNAT | long non-coding natural antisense transcript |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| ceRNA | competing endogenous RNA |
| ssRNA-seq | strand-specific RNA sequencing |
| AAT | artificial aging treatment |
| DEL | differentially expressed lncRNA |
| DEG | differentially expressed mRNA |
| RACE | rapid-amplification of cDNA ends |
| LTR | long terminal repeated |
| S50 | aged seeds (50% germination percentage) |
| S96 | new seeds (96% germination percentage) |
| ORF | open reading frame |
| FPKM | fragments per kilobase of exons per million fragments mapped |
| PFAM | database of protein families |
| CPC | coding potential calculator |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| PCC | pearson correlation coefficient |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| NER | nucleotide excision repair |
| qPCR | Quantitative Real-time PCR |
| KOBAS | KEGG Orthology-Based Annotation System |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| ABA | abscisic acid |
| GA | gibberellin |