Monocots and dicots are the two major classes of flowering plants known as angiosperms. The anatomy of the two are different when it comes to their seedlings, flower parts, leaves, stems and roots. Discover how they are different.

Anther
Anther Chestofbooks.com Is the anther a male or female part of a flower? Find out here.
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Cotyledon
Cotyledon Wikipedia.org A cotyledon is a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant. Upon germination, the cotyledon may become the embryonic first leaves of a seedling. Visit th
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cotyledon
cotyledon Wiktionary.com Provides a definition of what a cotyledon is.
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Dicot Seed Germination
Dicot Seed Germination Peter Chen, Instructor Biology 1151 College of DuPage Visit the web site for illustration.
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Diversity of Plants: Major Groups
Diversity of Plants: Major Groups, Mother-Earth.org, Scroll down the page for great close-up photos of monocots and dicots.
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Flowers of Monocots and Dicots | Types of Flowers
Flowers of Monocots and Dicots | Types of Flowers Flower-gardens.net Floral variation provides part of the basis for dividing the flowering plants into two major groups: the dicotyledonsand the
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Kids.Net.Au Encyclopedia: How to distinguish a monocot from a dicot
How to distinguish a monocot from a dicot Kids.Net.Au Encyclopedia How to distinguish a monocot from a dicot Monocots and dicots are the two groups of flowering plants. The distinction is often
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Monocot or Dicot study tools
Monocot or Dicot study tools Studystack.com Interactive tools to test your knowledge; flashcards, unscramble, type in, matching, hangman and others.
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Monocot Seed Germination
Monocot Seed Germination Peter Chen, Instructor Biology 1151 College of DuPage Visit the web site for illustration.
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Monocot Stems and Roots
Monocot Stems and Roots Prentice Hall BioCoach Activity The arrangement of tissues in monocot stems and roots is somewhat different from the arrangement of tissues in dicots. Label the tissue
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Monocots & Dicots
Monocots & Dicots By Jim Conrad Backyard Nature Website Traditionally, the vast world of flowering plants, phylum Anthophyta, has been known as the angiosperms. It has been divided into two gre
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Monocots versus Dicots
Monocots versus Dicots University of California Museum of Paleontology The Two Classes of Flowering Plants The history behind the classes. Traditionally, the flowering plants have been divi
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Monocots vs Dicots
Monocots vs Dicots Dr. L. Michael Hill, Professor of Biology, Emeritus Bridgewater College The flowering plants are divided into two groups. The Monocotyledonae and the Dicotyledonae. Below a
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Monocots: More on Morphology
Monocots: More on Morphology Museum of Paleontology University of California Monocots differ from other flowering plants in a number of features. Almost every basic botany course includes a un
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Plant Structure
Plant Structure, Sparknotes.com, Text and illustrations on plant seeds, roots, stem, trunk, leaf, flowers, and more. Please visit the web site to learn more.
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School for us: Monocots vs Dicots
School for us: Monocots vs Dicots April 25, 2006 alexml.blogspot.com In Botany today we were studying the differences between monocots & dicots. We talked about their seeds and then discussed t
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Seed Structure - Great Plant Escape
Seed Structure Great Plant Escape The outer covering of a seed is called the seed coat. Seed coats help protect the embryo from injury and also from drying out. Seed coats can be thin and soft a
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What are Monocots?
What are Monocots? Written by Niki Foster Wisegeek.com Monocots are a class of angiosperm, or flowering plant, distinguished from dicots. The distinction was first established by botanist John
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What is a Dicot?
What is a Dicot? Written by S.E. Smith WiseGeek.com A dicot is a flowering plant with two embryonic seed leaves, rather than the single embryonic seed leaf associated with monocots. Embryonic s
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What's the Difference Between Monocot & Dicot Leaves?
What's the Difference Between Monocot & Dicot Leaves? Backyardnature.com Elsewhere in this site we see that all members of the class of flowering plants belong to one of two subclasses: They're ei
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