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5.Morphology of Flowering Plants
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The wheat grain has an embryo with one large, shield shaped cotyledon known as

A

scutellum

B

coleoptile

C

epiblast

D

coleorhiza.

(NEET-2015)

Solution

(a) : The seeds of monocotyledonous plants have only one cotyledon. In family Poaceae ($e.g.$, wheat, maize etc.), this cotyledon is called scutellum, situated towards lateral side of embryonal axis. It provides nourishment to the developing embryo.

Standard 11
Biology

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