Answer:
Embryos of monocotyledons possess only one
cotyledon. In the grass family the cotyledon is called scutellum that is
situated towards one side (lateral) of the embryonalaxis.
At its lower end, the embryonal axis has
the radical and root cap enclosed in an undifferentiated sheat called
coleorrhiza. The portion of the embryonal axis above the levelof attachment of
scutellum is the epicotyl.Epicotyl has a shoot apex and a few leafprimordia
enclosed in a hollow foliar structure, the coleoptile.
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