Spermatophyta

Get Babylon's Translation Software! Free Download Now!
Babylon 8 - Your all-in-one solution
Award winning translation software trusted by millions. Translate from any language to any language.
View Demo


Wikipedia English The Free EncyclopediaDownload this dictionary
Spermatophyte
The spermatophytes (from the Greek word "Σπερματόφυτα") (also known as phanerogams) comprise those plants that produce seeds. They are a subset of the embryophytes or land plants. The living spermatophytes form five groups: cycads, a subtropical and tropical group of plants with a large crown of compound leaves and a stout trunk,Ginkgo, a single species of tree,conifers, cone-bearing trees and shrubs,gnetaewoody plants in the genera Gnetum, Welwitschia, and Ephedra, andangiosperms, the flowering plants, a large group including many familiar plants in a wide variety of habitats.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License

WordNet 2.0 DictionaryDownload this dictionary
Spermatophyta
Noun
1. seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots)
(synonym) division Spermatophyta
(hypernym) division
(member-holonym) Plantae, kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom
(member-meronym) Gymnospermae, class Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophyta



Common Terms in Evolutionary Biology and Genetics DictionaryDownload this dictionary
Spermatophyta
(sperm plants; Gr. sperm=seed; phyton=plant): A major subdivision within the vascular plants division of the plant Kingdom characterized by reproduction by seeds. Sperm plants include angiosperms and gymnosperms.

Define Spermatophyta

Translate Spermatophyta





Spermatophyta in Chinese | | Spermatophyta in French | Spermatophyta in Italian | Spermatophyta in Spanish | Spermatophyta in Dutch | Spermatophyta in Portuguese | Spermatophyta in German | Spermatophyta in Japanese | Spermatophyta in Korean | Spermatophyta in Turkish | Spermatophyta in Hebrew | Spermatophyta in Arabic | Spermatophyta in Croatian | Spermatophyta in Swedish