an|gi|o|sperm

an|gi|o|sperm
an|gi|o|sperm «AN jee uh spurm», noun.
any plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary or fruit; a flowering plant. Grasses, beans, strawberries, and oaks are angiosperms. The angiosperms are one of the two large subdivisions into which the seedbearing plants are divided. »

Geologic history supports the statement that the angiosperms have been slowly but certainly replacing the gymnosperms during the last 100 million years (Fred W. Emerson).

[< New Latin angiospermus < Greek angeîon receptacle + spérma seed]

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