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  4. The wheat grain has an embryo with one large, shield shaped cotyledon known as

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Q. The wheat grain has an embryo with one large, shield shaped cotyledon known as

AIPMTAIPMT 2015Morphology of Flowering Plants

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The seeds of monocotyledonous plants have only one cotyledon. In family Poaceae (e.g., wheat, maize etc.), this cotyledon is called scutellum, situated towards lateral side of embryonal axis. It provides nourishment to the developing embryo.