AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Monocotyledons (/ˌmɒnəˌkɒtəˈliːdənz/), commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae sensu Chase & Reveal) are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon.

Detailed explanation-2: -Monocots have a single such cotyledon, while other flowering plants usually have two. The exception to this is the water lily Nymphaea, which has what appears to be a single cotyledon with two lobes, but which has usually been interpreted as two fused cotyledons.

Detailed explanation-3: -Traditionally, the flowering plants have been divided into two major groups, or classes, : the Dicots (Magnoliopsida) and the Monocots (Liliopsida).

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Monocots and dicots are types of angiosperms and not gymnosperms as the presence of covered seed and cotyledons is a feature of angiosperms only.