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Definition of Flowering plant
1. Noun. Plants having seeds in a closed ovary.
Generic synonyms: Phanerogam, Seed Plant, Spermatophyte
Group relationships: Angiospermae, Anthophyta, Class Angiospermae, Division Anthophyta, Division Magnoliophyta, Magnoliophyta
Specialized synonyms: Angiocarp, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Exogen, Magnoliopsid, Endogen, Liliopsid, Monocot, Monocotyledon, Flower, Wild Flower, Wildflower, Madderwort, Rubiaceous Plant
Terms within: Bloom, Blossom, Flower
Derivative terms: Angiospermous
Definition of Flowering plant
1. Noun. Any plant that produces flowers and fruit; an angiosperm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flowering Plant
Literary usage of Flowering plant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1844)
"... with the Reproductive System of the flowering plant. By Prof. E. FORBES, of
King's College, London*. [With a Plate.] THE celebrated Grew, in his ' Idea ..."
2. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"... the harbinger of day, or of the spring; on account of its being the first
conspicuous flowering plant in the U. Calyx with the margin obsolete. ..."
3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1905)
"This pretty flowering plant presents us with blossoms of all shades of color,
from a pale rosy white to a deep crimson, and a pure white form is reported to ..."
4. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"In its earliest stage the flowering plant is nothing more than a single cell ...
The further progress of development in a flowering plant also convinces us ..."
5. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"Anthers fine orange, so that the flowering plant may be distinguished at some
distance. I suspect that this will prove to be a distinct species. ..."
6. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1922)
"(5) flowering plant of Echinocereus maritimus 14 PLATE 3. (i) Top of flowering
plant of ... () Top of flowering plant of Echinopsis leucantha 68 PLATE 8. ..."
7. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"47 Yucca, flowering plant of . . 49 Wild Onion, Umbel of . ... 54 Lily of the
Valley, flowering plant of 55 Eremurus, flowering plant of . ..."
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