Types of Plants

• What is a cotyledon?

  An organ which acts as a food store for the developing embryo plant, and which forms the first leaves when the seed germinates
• What is the difference between a monocot and a dicot?


  Monocots have 1 cotyledon, dicots have 2
• What is an arborescent plant?

  A woody one like a tree with lots of tough tissue, which can survive for hundreds of years
• What is a herbaceous plant?

  One with lots of soft tissues and a relatively short lifespan