The cotyledon is basically stored-up plant food.

子叶基本上是储存植性食。

When you eat a bean, your body also uses the cotyledon to give you energy!

当你吃一颗豆子时，你身体也会利用子叶为你提供能量！

So the cotyledon gives the embryo the little boost it needs.

所以子叶给胚胎提供了它所需要一点点刺激。

The rest of the bean is made up of this solid white stuff, and it has a funny name: it's called the cotyledon.

豆子部分是由这种纯白色东西组成，它有一个有趣名字：它叫做子叶。

It can be shown that plants most widely different in habit and general appearance, and having strongly marked differences in every part of the flower, even in the pollen, in the fruit, and in the cotyledons, can be crossed.

可以证明， 在习性和一般外观上差异最大植， 以及在花每一部分，甚至在花粉、 果实和子叶中都具有强烈显着差异植， 是可以杂交。