flowering plant

flowering plant

n.

A plant that produces flowers and fruit; an angiosperm.

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flowering plant  (flour-ng)

A plant that produces flowers and fruit; an angiosperm. See more at angiosperm.

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flowering plant - plants having seeds in a closed ovary angiosperm phanerogam, seed plant, spermatophyte - plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores 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) 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 blossom, flower, bloom - reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts 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