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/an'jee oh sperr"meuhs/, adj.of or pertaining to an angiosperm; having enclosed seeds.[1725-35; ANGIOSPERM + -OUS]
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Angiospermous — An gi*o*sper mous, a. (Bot.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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angiospermous — adjective see angiosperm … New Collegiate Dictionary
angiospermous — adj. of or pertaining to an angiosperm; contained in an ovary or fruit … English contemporary dictionary
angiospermous — an·gi·o·sper·mous … English syllables
angiospermous — adjective of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms • Pertains to noun: ↑angiosperm • Derivationally related forms: ↑angiosperm … Useful english dictionary
angiospermous tree — noun any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary • Syn: ↑flowering tree • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑ilang ilang, ↑ylang ylang, ↑Cananga odorata, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
Magnoliidae — ▪ plant subclass Introduction subclass of woody or herbaceous flowering plants belonging to the class Magnoliopsida. Members of the Magnoliidae are dicotyledonous plants that retain some primitive anatomic and morphological… … Universalium
reproductive system, plant — Introduction any of the systems, sexual or asexual, by which plants reproduce. In plants, as in animals, the end result of reproduction is the continuation of a given species, and the ability to reproduce is, therefore, rather conservative … Universalium
