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Difference between monocot seeds and dicot seeds.


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Monocot seeds: The seeds that contain a single cotyledon are the monocot seeds.

Dicot seeds: The seeds that contain two cotyledons are called dicot seeds.

Monocot seed

Dicot seed

1. These seeds have endosperm in them.1. These seeds do not possess any endosperm.
2. The food material is within the endosperms and not cotyledon.2. The reserve food for the embryo is within the cotyledons.
3. The seed coat and the fruit wall are different from each other.3. The seed coat is fused along with the inner layers of the fruit, i.e. pericarp.

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