Question

Which of the following is a property of the stem of a dicot plant?select one of the options below as your answer:

Answer 1

A. Ground tissue is differentiated into pith and cortex. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Answer:

Ground tissue is differentiated into pith and cortex. (Ans. A)

Explanation:

Dicotyledon plants are also called dicot plant because they have two cotyledons in the seed embryo. Some features of dicot plants are listed below:

Flowers: In dicot plants flowers are arranged in a pentamerous form.

Leaf venation: In dicot plants veins which is found in the leave are arranged in a reticulated pattern.

Roots: In dicot plants the embryonic roots develops into the root of the plant. These roots are known as tap root.

Stem: Dicot plants expend their diameter with the help of production of bark and wood because they exhibit the secondary growth and this leads to the formation of 2 lateral meristems known as the vascular cambium and the cork cambium.

Dicot stems have some characteristics such as epidermis is covered by the multicellular epidermal hairs, pith, differentiated ground tissues and vascular bundle.

Embryo: They have 2 cotyledons in the seed and 2 embryonic leaves which is evolving from the cotyledons.

Pollen grains: In dicot plants pollen grains are tricolpate in structure.