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SEED PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores
Synonyms:
phanerogam; seed plant; spermatophyte
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("seed plant" is a kind of...):
tracheophyte; vascular plant (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seed plant"):
seedling (young plant or tree grown from a seed)
balsam (any seed plant yielding balsam)
gymnosperm (plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary)
angiosperm; flowering plant (plants having seeds in a closed ovary)