flowering plant

Noun

Meaning

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

angiosperm lupin begonia evergreen plant rose triennial ginkgo primula annual cutting perennial fungus biennial blossom
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Hypernyms

seed plant spermatophyte phanerogam

Hyponyms

reed violet orange ash corn OAK

Examples

An example of a modern classification is the one published in 2009 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group for all living flowering plant families (the APG III system ). Source: Internet

"International Team" The flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana has been called the "Rosetta Stone of flowering time". Source: Internet

Magnolia shares the tepal characteristic with several other flowering plants near the base of the flowering plant lineage such as Amborella and Nymphaea (as well as with many more recently derived plants such as Lilium ). Source: Internet

Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology. Source: Internet

Rafflesia arnoldii has the largest single flower of any flowering plant, at least in terms of weight. Source: Internet

The remaining 5 clades contain a little over 250 species in total; i.e. less than 0.1% of flowering plant diversity, divided among 9 families. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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