HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Monocots have only one seed leaf inside the seed coat. It is often only a thin leaf, because the endosperm to feed the new plant is not inside the seed leaf. Dicots have two seed leaves inside the seed coat.

Detailed explanation-2: -Both monocot and dicot seeds develop in similar ways and have the same parts. There are a few minor differences: monocots start out with one seed leaf, while dicots have two. The technical word for seed leaf is cotyledon: you can find it on the coloring sheet; it is the first leaf to emerge from a developing seed.

Detailed explanation-3: -The embryo of each seed plant possesses one or more leaf-like structures called cotyledons, which absorb nutrients and may function as the first leaves in some plants. Monocots have a single such cotyledon, while other flowering plants usually have two.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dicots consist of plants having seeds with two cotyledons However, monocots involve the plants having seeds with only one cotyledon.

Detailed explanation-5: -Monocots have a single cotyledon in their seed, parallel venation in their leaves (Figure 8.1. 2), flower parts in multiples of three (3-merous, see Figure 8.1. 3), and vascular bundles dispersed throughout the stem in concentric circles.