Question

Describe the difference between a Monocot and a Dicot SEED. Include if you think a lima bean is a monocot or dicot.

Answer 1

Answer:

monocot character =1)seeds can not divide into two parts 2)there flower petals are timorous 3)their roots are fibrous 4)in their leafs have parallel vennation DUCOTchatacter=1)seeds can divide into two parts 2)their roots are tape root 3)their petals tetramerous or pentamerou 4)vennation of leaf is reticulate

Answer 2

Answer:

Monocot seed:-

1. Only one cotyledon present in the embryo

2. Cotyledons is thin and small and lacks food materials

3. Endosperm is mostly present and stores food

4. Radicle is protected by coleorhiza and plumule by coleoptile.

Dicot seed:-

1. Two lateral cotyledons are present in the embryo axis

2. Cotyledons are fleshy and store food

3. Endosperm is mostly absent and lacks food

4. Coleorhiza and coleoptiles are absent