HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Monocots have one cotyledon, and dicots have two. Monocots and dicots differ in several other major ways, as well. For example, monocots (ex. lilies) have flower parts that appear in groups of three, and dicots (ex.

Detailed explanation-3: -Monocots have one cotyledon. Monocot leaves tend to have parallel veins; in dicots the veins are netted.

Detailed explanation-4: -Monocot plants have one cotyledon which is attached to the embryonic axis, and it occupies the terminal position. Plumule is lateral. In the dicot plant, two cotyledons are attached to the embryonic axis and occur laterally.