Monocot And Dicot Seeds Flashcards
What are monocots also called?
Monocotyledons
What are dicots also called?
Dicotyledons
What are monocots?
Plants in which the seed has only one cotyledon
What are dicots?
Plants in which the seed has two cotyledons
Give some examples of monocots.
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Cereals
Grasses
Daffodils
Give some examples of dicots
3
Peanuts
Broad beans
Sunflowers
Other than number of cotyledons, how do monocots and dicots differ?
They differ in the way they store food
How do monocots store food?
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They store food in the endosperm
They rarely store food in the cotyledons
The growing embryo absorbs food stored in the endosperm
Where exactly do monocots store food?
The endosperm
Where do monocots rarely store food?
Rarely in the cotyledon
Where does the embryo in monocots absorbs food from?
The growing embryo absorbs food stored in the endosperm
How do dicots store food?
2
Food is stored in the cotyledons
This means that most dicots have non-endospermic seeds
Where exactly is food stored in dicots?
Food is stored in the cotyledons
Food is stored in the cotyledon of dicot plants, what does this mean?
This means that most dicots have non-endospermic
