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Angiosperm

//ˈæn.d͡ʒi.əˌspɝm// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    plants having seeds in a closed ovary wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “receptacle”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”), equivalent to angio- + sperm.

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