How cotyledons are useful for the plant?

1.	How cotyledons are useful for the plant?
Answer» 1. The cotyledons digest and absorb the endosperm. 2. They make the stored food available for the growth of the epicotyl and hypocotyl. 3. The cotyledons of some flowering plants, digest, absorb, and store the foods from the endosperm as the ovule is maturing into a seed. Eg: beans 4. As a consequence, the cotyledons become greatly enlarged because of stored food and the endosperm disappears more or less completely.

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1. The cotyledons digest and absorb the endosperm.

2. They make the stored food available for the growth of the epicotyl and hypocotyl.

3. The cotyledons of some flowering plants, digest, absorb, and store the foods from the endosperm as the ovule is maturing into a seed. Eg: beans

4. As a consequence, the cotyledons become greatly enlarged because of stored food and the endosperm disappears more or less completely.

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