Like you, dicotyledonous plants have a network of these, but theirs carry food & water
[DOC] [TLE] Transport in Plants - Untamed Science [PAR] Some stems twist and have grasping tendrils like the pea plants growing up a ... 
Back to our imaginary plant stem, the remaining straws transport food made in 
the ... lively than their water carrying compatriots (no really, they don't die at 
maturity like ... by adding these new cells to the end of the stem, just like if you 
were using... [DOC] [TLE] Monocots and Dicots - The Seed Site [PAR] A monocot has only one seed leaf (monocot is short for 'monocotyledon'.