Definition of Angiosperms. Meaning of Angiosperms. Synonyms of Angiosperms

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Definition of Angiosperms

Angiosperm
Angiosperm An"gi*o*sperm (-[a^]n"j[i^]*[-o]*sp[~e]rm), n. [Angio- + Gr. ?, ?, seed.] (Bot.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. Note: The term is restricted to exogenous plants, and applied to one of the two grand divisions of these species, the other division including gymnosperms, or those which have naked seeds. The oak, apple, beech, etc., are angiosperms, while the pines, spruce, hemlock, and the allied varieties, are gymnosperms.

Meaning of Angiosperms from wikipedia

- angiosperms diversified explosively, becoming the dominant group of plants across the planet. Agriculture is almost entirely dependent on angiosperms...
- basal angiosperms are the flowering plants which diverged from the lineage leading to most flowering plants. In particular, the most basal angiosperms were...
- collaborate to establish a consensus on the taxonomy of flowering plants (angiosperms) that reflects new knowledge about plant relationships discovered through...
- as the basal angiosperms. Mesangio****e includes about 350,000 species, while there are about 175 extant species of basal angiosperms. It is a name...
- (core angiosperms), which in themselves form 99.95% of all angiosperms. The monocots and the eudicots are the largest and most diversified angiosperm radiations...
- eudicots, Eudicotidae, or eudicotyledons are a clade of flowering plants (angiosperms) which are mainly characterized by having two seed leaves (cotyledons)...
- The Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (or APweb) is a website dedicated to research on angiosperm phylogeny and taxonomy.[citation needed] The site is hosted...
- gymnosperms and angiosperms together constitute the ****tophytes or seed plants. The ****tophytes are subdivided into five divisions, the angiosperms and four...
- plants, containing about 70,000 species, more than a quarter of all angiosperms. The clade is divided into 16 to 20 orders, depending upon cir****scription...
- dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics...