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Is a corn seed a monocot or dicot?

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Monocots have one cotyledon and dicots have two cotyledons. The seed of a corn plant has one cotyledon, producing a single first leaf after germination and is therefore a monocot.


In this regard, is a corn a monocot or dicot?

(Not all dicots' seed leaves emerge during germination; for example, peas are dicots, but the pea cotyledons remain underground.) Corn is an example of a monocot. Corn seed has one cotyledon and can't readily be split. Familiar monocots include grasses, corn, irises, palms, and lilies.

Also, are pumpkin seeds monocots or dicots? Seeds have many uses. Some seeds can be eaten, like sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, peanuts, and coconuts. The number of cotyledons (seed leaves) distinguishes whether a seed is a monocot or dicot. Monocots have one cotyledon and dicots have two.

Considering this, is gram a dicot or Monocotyledon seed?

Gram seeds are dicot. The most obvious difference between the gram and maize seeds is the number of embryo leaves, called cotyledons. Mono- means "one," and that is how many embryo leaves monocot maize seeds have. Di- means "two," and that is how many embryo leaves dicot gram seeds have.

Is a kidney bean a dicot or monocot?

Kidney bean is a dicotyledonous plant belonging to the family Fabaceae( leguinosae ) and subfamily papilionatae. It's scientific name is Phaseolus vulgaris. It bears a tat root ( roots have nodules which contain nitrogen fixing bacteria. ) and leaves are compound.

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