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Monocots

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Monocots vs Dicots

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Monocots vs Dicots Explained

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Difference between monocot vs dicot plants

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MONOCOT vs DICOT | Differences between Monocotyledon and Dicotyledon with Examples | Science Lesson

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Monocot and Eudicot Germination Time-lapse

Monocotyledons, commonly referred to as monocots, are flowering plants (angiosperms) whose seeds typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon. They constitute one of the major groups into which the flowering plants have traditionally been divided, the rest of the flowering plants having two cotyledons and therefore classified as dicotyledons, or dicots. However, molecular phylogenetic research has shown that while the monocots form a monophyletic group or clade, the dicots do not. Monocots have almost always been recognized as a group, but with various taxonomic ranks and under several different names. The APG III system of 2009 recognises a clade called "monocots" but does not assign it to a taxonomic rank.
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