- nonflowering plant
- nounplants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores• Syn: ↑pteridophyte• Hypernyms: ↑vascular plant, ↑tracheophyte• Member Holonyms: ↑Pteridophyta, ↑division Pteridophyta
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nonflowering plant
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nonflowering — adjective without flower or bloom and not producing seeds a flowerless plant • Syn: ↑flowerless • Ant: ↑flowering (for: ↑flowerless) • Similar to: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
vascular plant — noun green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms • Syn: ↑tracheophyte • Hypernyms: ↑plant, ↑flora, ↑plant life • Hyponyms: ↑pteridophyt … Useful english dictionary
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
tracheophyte — noun green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms • Syn: ↑vascular plant • Hypernyms: ↑plant, ↑flora, ↑plant life • Hyponyms: ↑pterido … Useful english dictionary
horsetail — /hawrs tayl /, n. 1. Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems. 2. a horse s tail formerly used as a Turkish military standard or as an ensign of a pasha, the number of tails increasing … Universalium
division Pteridophyta — noun containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta • Syn: ↑Pteridophyta • Hypernyms: ↑division • Member Holonyms:… … Useful english dictionary
Pteridophyta — noun containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta • Syn: ↑division Pteridophyta • Hypernyms: ↑division • Member… … Useful english dictionary
fern — fÉœrn /fÉœËn n. type of seedless nonflowering plant … English contemporary dictionary
ferns — fÉœrn /fÉœËn n. type of seedless nonflowering plant … English contemporary dictionary
gymnosperm — gym•no•sperm [[t]ˈdʒɪm nəˌspɜrm[/t]] n. bot any nonflowering plant having seeds that are not enclosed in fruit at the time of pollination; any conifer, cycad, or ginkgo • Etymology: 1820–30; < NL gymnospermae (pl.) … From formal English to slang
