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How To Distinguish A Monocot From A Dicot This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy.
Please see this article's entry on the Votes for Deletion page for voting and discussion on the matter. Please do not remove or deface this notice or blank, merge, or move this article while the discussion is in progress. However, you are welcome to edit this article and improve it. For more information, read the Guide to Votes for Deletion. Monocot leaves are generally split into groups of three, with leaves that have a strap-like shape and parallel veins. Dicot leaves are split into groups of four or five, with oval- or palmate- shaped leaves and net-like veins. Monocots have a fibrous root system, which means that roots grow in all directions, as opposed to the dicot's taproot, which grows straight down and tends to be thicker. Monocots and dicots also have different vascular tissue structures; the vascular bundles in monocots are in the stem, whereas those in dicots lie in a ring around the stem. As a result, some botanists believe that dicots developed from monocots. In addition, monocots have only one cotyledon, whereas dicots have two. See Also * Vascular plants
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