AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The seeds containing a single cotyledon is called a monocot seed, which germinates to produce a monocotyledonous plant. As the monocot seed germinates, it produces a single leaf on the shoot. Examples: wheat, rice and corn.

Detailed explanation-2: -Seeds can have one or two cotyledons, the one with one cotyledon is known as monocotyledon seeds like that of wheat, garlic, grasses, coconut, and paddy. Seeds having two cotyledons are known as dicotyledons and they include peas, tomato, almonds, and cashews.

Detailed explanation-3: -Angiosperms (flowering plants) whose embryos have a single cotyledon are grouped as monocots, or monocotyledonous plants; most embryos with two cotyledons are grouped as eudicots, or eudicotyledonous plants.