Angiosperm
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
"As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc."
- 2 plants having seeds in a closed ovary wordnet
Example
More examples"As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “receptacle”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”), equivalent to angio- + sperm.
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