Dicots verses Monocots
| Features | Dicots | Monocots |
| Cotyledons | Usually two | a single |
| Flowers | Penta or tetramerous | Trimerous |
| Pollen grains | Three germ pores | There is only one germinal furrow. |
| Venation | Reticulate except for a few | Except for a few exceptions, everything is parallel. |
| Primary root | Taproots are long-lived while Adventitious root systems grow in some plants. | Taproots are lacking, |
| Root | vascular bundles 8 or less, pith missing or tiny | Pith is present, and there are more than 8 vascular bundles. |
| Xylem vessels | Polygonal in outline | The outline is rounded. |
| Leaves | Isobilateral | Dorsiventral |
| Examples | Trees, Shrubs, and Herbs Peach, Cherry, Cotton, Carrot, Cucumber, and other fruits and vegetables | Bamboos, Grasses, Sugarcane, Bananas, Lilies, Tulips, Orchids, Cereals (Wheat, Rice, maize), Onion, Garlic, etc. |