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ANGIOSPERM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plants having seeds in a closed ovary
Synonyms:
angiosperm; flowering plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("angiosperm" is a kind of...):
phanerogam; seed plant; spermatophyte (plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores)
Meronyms (parts of "angiosperm"):
bloom; blossom; flower (reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "angiosperm"):
angiocarp (tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk)
dicot; dicotyledon; exogen; magnoliopsid (flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside)
endogen; liliopsid; monocot; monocotyledon (a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside)
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
madderwort; rubiaceous plant (any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae)
Holonyms ("angiosperm" is a member of...):
Angiospermae; Anthophyta; class Angiospermae; division Anthophyta; division Magnoliophyta; Magnoliophyta (comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta))
Derivation:
angiospermous (of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms)
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