Angiosperm

Colloquial term for the taxon Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, the flowering plants; distinct from the gymnosperms by having the ovules enclosed in a ovary or carpel.


Flower-bearing plants; ovules are enclosed in an ovary that forms the fruit after fertilization.


The most diverse group of flowering plants; angiosperms produce flowers and fruits, and contain seeds (of ten with an endosperm).


Flowering plant, the ovules being enclosed in an ovary or carpel.


 


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