RE: monocots
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- Subject: RE: monocots
- From: D*
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:34:38 -0500
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> In a message dated 07/16/2000 7:55:24 AM Central Daylight Time,
> dorsett@blueriver.net writes:
>
> << Daylilies are monocots. Grasses are monocots.
> >>
>
> What's a monocot?
>
> Joanie
> Chicago area
Short for monocotyledon. But I like typing shortcuts. <grin> It's a type
of angiosperm...with ovules, then seeds, encased in ovaries.
Seedling sprout just one leaf, and grow on from there. Plants have
parallel-veined leaves and flower parts are usually a set of threes...or
multiples thereof. No cambium layer.
Dicotyledon is the other type of angiosperm.
Dicot for short...seedlings sprout with two leaves, and grow on from
there. Leaves are net-veined and there's usually a cambium layer on the
plant. Flower parts are usually in sets of four or five...or multiples
thereof.
Gymnosperms have no ovaries to protect ovules or seeds...cones, like
pinecones, are what they use for protection.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsett@blueriver.net
A root is a flower that disdains fame.
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