Question

How would you distinguish monocots from dicots?

Answer 1

Hint: Monocots and dicots are the parts of angiosperm. Angiosperms are the plants that have their seeds enclosed within the ovary. They have seeds that are covered by fruit walls outside. Based on the number of cotyledons present in them they are categorised as monocotyledons and dicotyledons.

Complete answer:

Monocots	Dicots
The seeds of monocots usually have only cotyledon	The seeds of dicots usually have two cotyledons.
Most of the monocots are herbaceous	Dicots may be herbaceous or arboraceous
It has large endosperm that is use to feed developing embryo	It has a small endosperm.
It give rise to single leaf	It give rise to two leaf
These contains narrow leaf	These contain wider leaves.
The venation in leaf is usually parallel	The venation in the leaf is usually reticulated.
It has a stem that is unbranched and fleshy.	It usually has a branched stem that is hard.
It has fibrous root system	These have a tap root system.
Secondary growth is usually absent.	Secondary growth is usually present.
Vascular bundles in stem of monocots remains scattered	Vascular bundles in the stem of dicots are present in the form of a ring.
Examples of monocots include wheat.	Examples of dicot include gram.

Note: Mono means single and cots means cotyledons. Those with a single cotyledon that can not be divided into two parts are termed monocotyledons.
For example :- wheat
Di means two and cots means cotyledons. Those with two cotyledons that can be divided into two parts are termed as dicotyledons. For example pea and gram.