ANGIOSPERM


Meaning of ANGIOSPERM in English

n. any plant producing flowers and reproducing by seeds enclosed within a carpel, including herbaceous plants, herbs, shrubs, grasses and most trees (opp. GYMNOSPERM). angiospermous adj.

[ Gk aggeion vessel + sperma seed ]

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