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Monocot (also known as Monocotyledon)

A monocot has only one seed leaf (monocot is short for 'monocotyledon'. A cotyledon is aseed leaf, and 'mono' means one). This seed leaf is usually the same shape as the adult leaf,long and thin, and the leaf veins nearly always run parallel to the central midrib. Sometimes, the

adult leaves are pinnate, as in many palms, but the veins are parallel on each leaflet. There areseveral monocot plant families that are instantly recognisable. Many food plants are grasses. Socrops li e wheat, oats, barley and sweetcorn are all monocots. !alms, "rchids, and mostbulbous plants are monocots.

Examples:

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Dicot (also known as Dicotyledon)

A dicot has two cotyledons (dicot is short for 'dicotyledon', and 'di' means two). The seed leavesare usually rounded and fat, because they are the two halves of the seed. The first true leavescan be many different shapes, from long and thin to rounded or palmate. Most trees and shrubs

and many garden annuals and perennials are dicots, and there are many more species of dicotsthan there are monocots

Examples:

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