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Upon germination, the cotyledon usually becomes the embryonic first leaves of a seedling.
The number of cotyledons present is one characteristic used by botanists to classify the flowering plants (angiosperms).
Species with one cotyledon are called monocotyledonous (or, "monocots") and placed in the Class Liliopsida.
Plants with two embryonic leaves are termed dicotyledonous ("dicots") and placed in the Class Magnoliopsida.
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