CBSE Class 9 Answered

MONOCOTS

DICOTS

• Plants with the seed having only one cotyledon are called monocots.

• Plants with the seed having two cotyledons are called dicots.

• Contains one cotyledon.

• Contains two cotyledons.

• The flower parts are present in multiples of three.

• The flower parts are present in multiples of four or five.

• The venation of the leaf is parallel.

• There is the net-like or intersecting type of venation present in the leaf.

• Leaves are dorsiventral.

• Leaves are isobilateral.

• Adventitious or fibrous roots

• Radicle or tap roots

• Vascular bundles in stems are scattered throughout.

• Vascular bundles in stems are arranged in a ring-like pattern.

• Examples: Sugarcane, wheat, rice.

• Examples: Mint, tomato, pea.