DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, that the seed has two embryonic leaves or cotyledons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Flowering plants are divided into monocots (or monocotyledons) and dicots (or dicotyledons). This comparison examines the morphological differences in the leaves, stems, flowers and fruits of monocots and dicots.

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