Question

A weed is growing on the boder of your playing ground how will you recognise it to be a dicot and monocot

Answer 1

Characteristics of a monocot

1.parallel venation and narrow,long leaf.

2.fibrous root system is seen

3.no.of.cotyleden-1

characteristics of a dicot

1.reticulate venation and broad leaf

2.tap root system is seen.

3.no.of.cotyleden-2

Answer 2

A dicot has reticulate venation, tap

root system and pentamerous or tetramerous flowers.The seeds have two cotyledons.

A monocot has parallel venation, fibrous root system and trimerous flowers. The seeds contain only one cotyledon.