Monocot (also known as Monocotyledon)

A monocot has only one seed leaf (monocot is short for 'monocotyledon'. A cotyledon is a
seed leaf, and 'mono' means one). This seed leaf is usually the same shape as the adult leaf,
long and thin, and the leaf veins nearly always run parallel to the central midrib. Sometimes, the
adult leaves are pinnate, as in many palms, but the veins are parallel on each leaflet. There are
several monocot plant families that are instantly recognisable. Many food plants are grasses. So
crops like wheat, oats, barley and sweetcorn are all monocots. Palms, Orchids, and most
bulbous plants are monocots.

Examples:

Garlic

Onion

Corn

Rice

Wheat

Asparagus
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Dicot (also known as Dicotyledon)

A dicot has two cotyledons (dicot is short for 'dicotyledon', and 'di' means two). The seed leaves
are usually rounded and fat, because they are the two halves of the seed. The first true leaves
can be many different shapes, from long and thin to rounded or palmate. Most trees and shrubs
and many garden annuals and perennials are dicots, and there are many more species of dicots
than there are monocots

Examples:

Tomatoes

Pepper

Apples

Carrot

Celery

Cabbage