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In a monocot (grass) embryo, the cotyledon is called the:
APlumule
BColeorrhiza
CColeoptile
DScutellum
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Scutellum
Monocot (grass) cotyledon = **scutellum**, situated laterally on the embryonal axis. **Coleoptile** sheathes the shoot apex; **coleorrhiza** sheathes the radicle and root cap.
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