AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Plants producing seeds with two cotyledons are called dicots. The cotyledons contain stored fat that nourishes the embryo. While, plants having a single cotyledon in their seeds are called monocots .

Detailed explanation-2: -The number of cotyledons (seed leaves) distinguishes whether a seed is a monocot or dicot. Monocots have one cotyledon and dicots have two.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cotyledons – monocots have one cotyledon within their seed, dicots have two cotyledons.

Detailed explanation-4: -Peas, almonds and cashews are examples of dicotyledonous or dicot seeds. Dicotyledons are also known as dicots. They are the groups into which all the flowering plants or angiosperms were formerly divided.