Question

Name the following:
Two seeds containing only one cotyledon: ______________.

Answer 1

Two seeds containing two cotyledons each: Wheat and rice.

Cotyledon:

1. Cotyledon is a food storage structure in a seed. There may be one or two cotyledons in a seed.
2. There are two cotyledons in some seeds. Such seeds are called dicotyledonous seeds.
3. In some cereals, food is stored in only one cotyledon present in the seed. Such seeds are called monocotyledonous seeds.