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NEET · Biology · STD 11 - 5. Morphology flowering plants

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

  1. A scutellum
  2. B coleoptile
  3. C epiblast
  4. D coleorhiza
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(A) scutellum

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(a) : 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.