- Angiospermae
- nouncomprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)• Syn: ↑class Angiospermae, ↑Magnoliophyta, ↑division Magnoliophyta, ↑Anthophyta, ↑division Anthophyta• Hypernyms: ↑class• Member Holonyms: ↑Spermatophyta, ↑division Spermatophyta• Member Meronyms:↑angiosperm, ↑flowering plant, ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class Dicotyledonae, ↑Magnoliopsida, ↑class Magnoliopsida, ↑Monocotyledones, ↑class Monocotyledones, ↑Monocotyledonae, ↑class Monocotyledonae, ↑Liliopsida, ↑class Liliopsida, ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree, ↑flowering shrub
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈspərˌmē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized: a class of Pteropsida or in some classifications a subdivision of Spermatophyta comprising seed plants (as orchids or roses) that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary, including the vast majority of seed plants, and being divided into the subclasses Dicotyledoneae and Monocotyledoneae — compare filicineae, gymnospermae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.