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Figure 28.20 Monocots (A) Monocots include many popular garden flowers such as these tulips (pink and white) and daffodils (yellow). (B) Monocot grasses such as rice feed the world; wheat, sugarcane, and corn (maize) are also grasses. (C) Seagrasses such as this Neptune’s grass form “meadows” in the shallow, sunlit waters of the world’s oceans. (D) Palms are among the few monocot trees. Date palms like these are a major food source in some areas of the world.