what is the difference between dicots and monocots?
Dicots | Monocots |
The seeds of these plants have two cotyledons. |
The seeds of these plants have a single cotyledon.
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The leaves have reticulate venation. | The leaves have parallel venation. |
The dicot plants mostly have tap root system. | Monocot plants have mostly fibrous root system |
Secondary growth is present.
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Secondary growth often absent.
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Flower parts are in multiples of four or five. | Flower parts are in multiples of three. |