Question

monocot and dicot difference
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Answer 1

Answer: The table summarizes the major morphological differences between monocots and dicots; each character is dicussed in more detail below.

Explanation:

MONOCOTS                                                  DICOTS

• Embryo with single cotyledon         Embryo with two cotyledons

• Pollen with single furrow or pore Pollen with three furrows or pores

• Flower parts in multiples of three Flower parts in multiples of four or five

• Major leaf veins parallel                 Major leaf veins reticulated

• Stem vacular bundles scattered Stem vascular bundles in a ring

• Roots are adventitious                 Roots develop from radicle

• Secondary growth absent                 Secondary growth often present