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    Monocot vs. Dicot

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    Monocots have one seed leaf, or cotyledon, inside the seed coat that is often thin. Dicots have two rounded, fat seed leaves inside the seed coat that contain stored nutrients. Examples of monocot seeds are grains like wheat and rice, as well as orchids and lilies. Dicot seeds include vegetables like peppers, tomatoes, carrots and potatoes. Some plants do not have cotyledons and form spores or cones instead, such as ferns and evergreens.

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    Monocot vs. Dicot

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    Monocots have one seed leaf, or cotyledon, inside the seed coat that is often thin. Dicots have two rounded, fat seed leaves inside the seed coat that contain stored nutrients. Examples of monocot seeds are grains like wheat and rice, as well as orchids and lilies. Dicot seeds include vegetables like peppers, tomatoes, carrots and potatoes. Some plants do not have cotyledons and form spores or cones instead, such as ferns and evergreens.

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    Monocots have one seed leaf, or cotyledon, inside the seed coat that is often thin. Dicots have two rounded, fat seed leaves inside the seed coat that contain stored nutrients. Examples of monocot seeds are grains like wheat and rice, as well as orchids and lilies. Dicot seeds include vegetables like peppers, tomatoes, carrots and potatoes. Some plants do not have cotyledons and form spores or cones instead, such as ferns and evergreens.

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    Monocot vs. Dicot

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    Monocots have one seed leaf, or cotyledon, inside the seed coat that is often thin. Dicots have two rounded, fat seed leaves inside the seed coat that contain stored nutrients. Examples of monocot seeds are grains like wheat and rice, as well as orchids and lilies. Dicot seeds include vegetables like peppers, tomatoes, carrots and potatoes. Some plants do not have cotyledons and form spores or cones instead, such as ferns and evergreens.

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    A monocot has only one seed leaf (monocot is short for 'monocotyledon'.

    A cotyledon is a seed leaf, and 'mono' means one). This seed leaf is usually the same
    shape as the adult leaf, long and thin, and the leaf veins nearly always run parallel to
    the central midrib. Sometimes, the adult leaves are pinnate, as in many palms, but the
    veins are parallel on each leaflet. There are several monocot plant families that are
    instantly recognisable. Many food plants are grasses. So crops like wheat, oats, barley
    and sweetcorn are all monocots. Palms, Orchids, and most bulbous plants are
    monocots.

    A dicot has two cotyledons (dicot is short for 'dicotyledon', and 'di' means two). The
    seed leaves are usually rounded and fat, because they are the two halves of the seed.
    The first true leaves can be many different shapes, from long and thin to rounded or
    palmate. Most trees and shrubs and many garden annuals and perennials are dicots,
    and there are many more species of dicots than there are monocots.

    Monocots have only one seed leaf inside the seed coat. It is often only a thin leaf, because the
    endosperm to feed the new plant is not inside the seed leaf. Dicots have two seed leaves
    inside the seed coat. They are usually rounded and fat, because they contain the endosperm to
    feed the embryo plant.
    Monocot seeds include garlic, onion, corn, rice, wheat, asparagus, lilies and orchids. These seeds are
    classified as monocots because they only have one cotyledon inside of their seeds

    What Are Cotyledons?


    If you're going to count the number of cotyledons, it helps to know what they are. These are the first
    leaves a flowering plant produces, and they're often called seed leaves because they're part of the seed,
    not really party of the mature plant. These leaves give the plant access to the seed's stored nutrients to
    nourish it until the plant develops its true leaves. True leaves are those which do the work of
    photosynthesis.

    More About Dicots


    Dicots, or dicotyledonous seeds, have two cotyledons and contain endosperms inside
    of their seeds. They produce plants with thick, wide leaves. Examples of dicot seeds
    include peppers, cabbage, turnips, tomatoes, apples, carrots, potatoes and celery.
    Dicots produce large leaves, which in turn nourish new dicot seeds.

    What About Plants Without Cotyledons?


    There are plants that don't have cotyledons, placing them squarely outside the
    monocot vs. dicot grouping. These are nonflowering plants. Examples include those
    that form spores like ferns or those like evergreens that form cones instead of
    cotyledons.

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