Angiosperm

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  • noun. A seed plant having ovules enclosed in an ovary and exhibiting double fertilization; a flowering plant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A plant whose seeds are contained in a protecting seed-vessel.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. Contrasted with gymnosperm.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A member of the plant group characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; the angiosperms or flowering plants: the Angiospermae, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, etc.
  • adjective. pertaining to the angiosperms.
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  • noun. plants having seeds in a closed ovary
    • Word Usage
    "This latter use of the Hebrew word ets refers to an angiosperm—a tree with fruit and seed—not a fern or a grass."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    gymnosperm  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    phanerogam  seed plant  spermatophyte  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    angiocarp  dicot  dicotyledon  endogen  exogen  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aesthetic  aleurone  constantly-increasing  daintier  dead-nettle  
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