Q. What differentiates leaf of dicots from monocots?
A) Parallel venation
B) Differentiation of palisade and spongy parenchyma
C) Stomata only on upper side
D) Stomata both on upper and lower sides
Explanation
In dicot leaf, mesophyll tissues are of two types-palisade parenchyma and spongy parenchyma with large intercellular spaces. Whereas in monocot leaf, mesophyll is made up of only spongy parenchyma, which has very small intercellular spaces.
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