What is a Dicot? - Monocots and Dicots

What is a Dicot?

What is a Dicot?
Written by S.E. Smith
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A dicot is a flowering plant with two embryonic seed leaves, rather than the single embryonic seed leaf associated with monocots. Embryonic seed leaves, also known as cotyledons, are an important part of plant development, and monocots and dicots develop in different ways right from the very start. You may also hear dicots referred to as magnoliopsids, referencing the class to which they belong.

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