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.
Examples of dicot leaves include maples, oaks, geraniums, and dandelions. Monocots have their flower parts in threes or multiples of three; example the tulip and lily (Lilium). Dicots have their flower parts in fours (or multiples) or fives (or multiples).Examples of some common dicot flowers include the geranium, snapdragon, and citrus. Monocot (left) and dicot (right) flowers. Note the typical monocot arrangement of flower parts in 3's or multiples of 3. Lilium flower.Note the dicot florap part array of flower parts in four or multiples of four on this flower of Sanguinaria canadensis.onocot seeds have one seed leaf termed a cotyledon (in fact monocot is a shortening of monocotyledon). Dicots have two cotyledons. Both groups, however, have the same basic architecture of nodes, internodes, etc. Comparison of monocot (left, oat) and dicot (right, bean) gross anatomy.