AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Those with one cotyledon are known as monocotyledons or monocots. Monocots include daylilies, orchids, palms, bananas, pineapples, and corn.

Detailed explanation-2: -Monocotyledonous seeds are covered with a single seed cotyledon. The embryo of monocotyledons has a terminal cotyledon known as scutellum. The scutellum is called seed leaf.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -When a seed germinates, it bursts out of its seed coat and sends up a stem. Some of these stems have one leaf (called a monocot) others have two leaves on it (called a dicot).