How can you distinguish if a monocot from dicot?

Answer 1

Dicot plants have secondary growth hence their stems are woody, in mocots true secondary growth is absent. The leaves of dicot plants have reticulate venation and monocots have parallel venation. The seeds in Dicots have two cotyledones in its embryo in monocots only one cotyledon in the form of scutellum is prominant.

Answer 2

In monocots, the flowers part in multiples of three but in dicots, the flowers part in multiples of four or five.

Answer 3

You can tell if a plant is dicot if there are two cotyledons in the mature embryo.

Answer 4

A monocot plant seed has one cotyledon in the seed as agaist two in dicot plant