Dicots

A dicotyledon (commonly referred to as a dicot) is an angiospermous plant with two cotyledons and having an exogenous manner of growth. Cotyledons are the “seed leaves” that absorb nutrients within the seed until the plant can produce true leaves and begin photosynthesis. The term dicotyledon refers to the group containing seeds with two cotyledons, rather than one. Monocotyledons are the remaining group that contains seeds with only one cotyledon