angiosperm
n.
plant whose seeds are contained in an ovary or fruit
Flowering plant
angiosperm
Noun
1. plants having seeds in a closed ovary
(synonym) flowering plant
(hypernym) spermatophyte, phanerogam, seed plant
(hyponym) angiocarp
(member-holonym) Angiospermae, class Angiospermae, Magnoliophyta, division Magnoliophyta, Anthophyta, division Anthophyta
(part-meronym) flower, bloom, blossom
Angiosperm
(n.)
A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Angiosperm
The most recently evolved and the largest group of plants whose reproductive organs are in their flowers (flowering plants). A superclass in the sperm plants (Spermatophyta) division belonging to the vascular plants (Tracheophyta) phylum of the plant kingdom. They are divided into two subclasses: Dicots (Magnoliopsida such as magnolia, dandelion, roses, violet) and Monocots (Liliopsida such as lilly, iris, orchid, grasses). Their ovules are enclosed in the carpel and pollen travels through the pollen tube to reach it. Angiosperms evolved in the Cretaceous era together with the Mammals.