OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

FORESTRY

SOIL SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A seed with two cotyledons is called a ____
A
Monocot
B
Dicot
C
Flower
D
Fruit
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct option is A. Dicots. 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: -Angiosperms (flowering plants) whose embryos have a single cotyledon are grouped as monocots, or monocotyledonous plants; most embryos with two cotyledons are grouped as eudicots, or eudicotyledonous plants.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mono=one, di=two, and “cot” is short for cotyledon. Therefore, a monocot seed has one cotyledon and a dicot seed has two cotyledons.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct option is B epiblast. Dicot plants have two cotyledons in a seed. In monocots, the first cotyledon is called scutellum while the second cotyledon is rudimentary and is called – epiblast.

Detailed explanation-5: -A dicot seed has one cotyledon.

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