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nounplants having seeds in a closed ovary
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Definition that contains angiosperm
- tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
- flower reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- bloom reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- blossom reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- order gnetales chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms
- gnetophyta gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)
- subdivision gnetophytina gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)
- division spermatophyta seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots)
- angiospermae 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)
- magnoliid dicot family family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms