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angiosperm
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun angiosperm has 1 sense
- angiosperm(n = noun.plant) flowering plant - plants having seeds in a closed ovary; Array is a kind of phanerogam, seed plant, spermatophyte
is a member of angiospermae, anthophyta, class angiospermae, division anthophyta, division magnoliophyta, magnoliophyta
has particulars: angiocarp, dicot, dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid, endogen, liliopsid, monocot, monocotyledon, flower, wild flower, wildflower, madderwort, rubiaceous plant
has parts: bloom, blossom, flower
Derived form adjective angiospermous1
CIDE DICTIONARY
angiosperm, n. [Angio- + Gr. , , seed.].
A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. Contrasted with gymnosperm . [1913 Webster]
" The term is restricted to exogenous plants, and applied to one of the two grand divisions of these species, the other division including gymnosperms, or those which have naked seeds. The oak, apple, beech, etc., are angiosperms, while the pines, spruce, hemlock, and the allied varieties, are gymnosperms."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
angiosperm, n. any plant producing flowers and reproducing by seeds enclosed within a carpel, including herbaceous plants, herbs, shrubs, grasses and most trees (opp. GYMNOSPERM).
Derivative
angiospermous adj.
Etymology
Gk aggeion vessel + sperma seed
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