Botany - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question with Solution | TestHub

Single cotyledon of the embryo in cereal grain is represented by scutellum. Coleoptile represents the covering of the stem. Coleorhiza represents the covering of root. The scutellum can also refer to the equivalence of a thin cotyledon in monocots. It is very thin with high surface area and serves to absorb nutrients from the endosperm during germination.