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How to distinguish a monocot from a dicot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | While it is generally easy to distinguish most dicots and monocots from one another, the basis for the split in classification is a characteristic of the developing embryo, a feature that is no longer observable on the adult plant unless one can access the internal structure of a seed. |
 | | In dicot roots, there is a single, X-shaped mass of xylem at the centre, with phloem between the arms of the X. Throughout the whole plant, monocots have more vascular tissue than dicots of similar size. |
 | | Dicot leaves have a branching vein network, rather like a feather, but can also be palmate. |
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