Flushing History. Household toilets made between 1980 and 1992 flushed the bowl utilizing the gravitational force of 2.5 to 3.6 gallons of water, which meant that the average homeowner used as much as 18.8 gallons of water daily.
Lesson Summary. A monocot is a type of flowering plant that is characterized by having a single cotyledon, trimerous flowers, and parallel leaf veins. Monocots are economically important as food sources for both humans and animals, and they grow in a variety of habitats, including the tropics.esson Summary. A monocot is a type of flowering plant that is characterized by having a single cotyledon, trimerous flowers, and parallel leaf veins. Monocots are economically important as food sources for both humans and animals, and they grow in a variety of habitats, including the tropics.
Source(s): From A Botanist of Repute. These are all dicots except the evergreen tree which is neither a monocot nor a dicot. Monocots and dicots are flowering plants. An evergreen tree is a gymnosperm - a cone-bearning plant, not a flowering plant.