Definition of Seed plant

1. Noun. Plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores.

Exact synonyms: Phanerogam, Spermatophyte
Specialized synonyms: Seedling, Balsam, Gymnosperm, Angiosperm, Flowering Plant
Generic synonyms: Tracheophyte, Vascular Plant

Definition of Seed plant

1. Noun. (botany) A plant which reproduces by breading seeds in the wide sense of the term, including spores etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seed Plant

seed drill
seed fern
seed fill
seed fills
seed grain
seed lac
seed leaf
seed leaves
seed money
seed moneys
seed monies
seed oyster
seed pearl
seed pearls
seed pit
seed plant (current term)
seed plants
seed shrimp
seed stock
seed stocks
seed tick
seed vessel
seed vessels
seed weevil
seedable
seedbank
seedbanks
seedbed
seedbeds
seedbox

Literary usage of Seed plant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"club-moss, these seed-plant spores are not ejected from their spore-cases, while, just as in the smaller club-moss, they develop females which are retained ..."

2. Genetics and Eugenics: A Text-book for Students of Biology and a Reference by William Ernest Castle (1916)
"If, for instance, the seed plant has a short stem, terminal white flowers, and simply inflated pods; the pollen plant, on the other hand, a long stem, ..."

3. Genetics and Eugenics: A Text-book for Students of Biology and a Reference by William Ernest Castle (1916)
"If, for instance, the seed plant has a short stem, terminal white flowers, and simply inflated pods; the pollen plant, on the other hand, a long stem, ..."

4. Genetics and Eugenics: A Text-book for Students of Biology and a Reference by William Ernest Castle (1916)
"If, for instance, the seed plant has a short stem, terminal white flowers, and simply inflated pods; the pollen plant, on the other hand, a long stem, ..."

5. Genetics and Eugenics: A Text-book for Students of Biology and a Reference by William Ernest Castle (1916)
"If, for instance, the seed plant has a short stem, terminal white flowers, and simply inflated pods; the pollen plant, on the other hand, ..."

6. Genetics and Eugenics: A Text-book for Students of Biology and a Reference by William Ernest Castle, Gregor Mendel (1916)
"In order to facilitate study of the data in these experiments, the different characters of the seed plant will be indicated by A, B, C, those of the pollen ..."

7. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"seed plant ready for bag. In preparing the seed plant for bagging, ... Proper arrangement of bason seed plant. When the bag is placed on the flower head of ..."

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