Seed

• Cotyledon: the embryonic first leave(s) of plants
• Monocot characteristics

  • One cotyledon
  • fibrous root system
  • narrow leaves with parallel veins
  • have flowers in groups of 3
  • scattered vascular bundles
• Eudicots characteristics,

  • two cotyledon
  • leg or tap root system (branching off a main root)
  • broad leaves with a network of veins
  • flowers in multiples of 4 or 5
  • a ring of vascular bundles
• Radicle: the embryonic root
• Plumule: the embryonic leaves
• Epicotyl: the embryonic stem
• Endosperm: The food storage portion of the seed. It is made up of starches and proteins the seed will use as it grows.
• Seed coat: protects the embryo
• coleoptile: sheath enclosing the epicotyl (shoot) & protecting it from soil
• Majority of flowering plants are Eudicots
• • The Epicotyl is the part of the stem above the cotyledon (Prefix "Epi-" means "Above" or "On top of").
  • The Hypocotyl is under the cotyledon (Prefix "Hypo-" means "below" or under")