why is mustard referred to as a dicotyledonous plants?
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Brassica species are dicot which means that they have two cotyledons instead of one like monocots. Cotyledons supply food for the plants in the seed. As the plant matures, it flowers. Mustard plants have small yellow flowers in clusters.
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Mustard is called as dicot plant because it possess all the below said characteristics.
For a plant to be called as dicot, it must satisfy the following characteristics,
- It must possess two cotyledons in its seed as the name suggest to be dicot.
- It must have taproot system.
- It must possess flower with 4 or 5 petals.
- Its leaves must have branched veins.
- In it the vascular bundles are arranged in a ring like manner.
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