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monocotyledon
a plant that has one embryonic seed leaf or cotyledon; contrast to dicotyledon
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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MONOCOTS DICOTS Embryo with single cotyledon Embryo with two cotyledons Pollen with single furrow or pore Pollen with three furrows or pores Flower parts in multiples of three Flower parts in multiples of four or five Major leaf veins parallel Major ...
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Monocot stems
Vascular bundles are present throughout the monocot stem, although concentrated towards the outside. This differs from the monocot root that has a ring of vascular bundles and often none in the center.
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Monocot stems have scattered vascular bundles. Dicot stems have their vascular bundles in a ring arrangement. Monocot stems have most of their vascular bundles near the outside edge of the stem.
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Monocots and Dicots
Evolution and Classification
The organisms we call plants are assigned to a single clade; that is, ...
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Monocotyledons are different. For their leaves are held vertically, they will have the same number of stomata on the two epidermis.
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monocotyledon
[Gk. monos, single + kotyledon, a cup- shaped hollow]
A member of the class of flowering plants having one seed leaf, or cotyledon, among other distinguishing features; often abbreviated as monocot.
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monocotyledon A class of angiosperms in which the seedlings typically possess one cotyledon. Commonly abbreviated to monocot.
monoculture An agricultural system in which only one crop species is cultivated.
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monocot
A subdivision of flowering plants whose members possess one embryonic seed leaf, or cotyledon. The grasses are a classic example of monocots.
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Monocotyledones the Class (in Division Spermatophyta; Subdivision Angiospermae) of plants which have one nutrient storage area in their seeds
(mono = one; cotyl = cup cavity socket) ...
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Angiosperms can be divided into monocots and dicots. Each of these types of plants have several characters that distinguish them from other plants. Traits are not mixed and matched in groups of organisms.
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(
Magnoliopsida
such as magnolia, dandelion, roses, violet) and Monocots (
Liliopsida
such as
lilly
, iris, orchid, grasses). Their ovules are enclosed in the carpel and pollen travels through the pollen tube to reach it.
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