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Definition of Spermatophyte

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

Definition of Spermatophyte

1. n. Any plant of the phylum Spermatophyta.

Definition of Spermatophyte

1. Noun. (botany) Any plant that bears seeds rather than spores ¹

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Definition of Spermatophyte

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Medical Definition of Spermatophyte

1. Division of the plant kingdom, consisting of plants that reproduce by means of seeds. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Literary usage of Spermatophyte

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

1. General Biology: A Book of Outlines and Practical Studies for the General by James George Needham (1910)
"spermatophyte structure. Materials needed: Stems and leaves of chickweed or other ... spermatophyte development. Materials needed: Flowers and flower buds, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"See spermatophyte. GENERATORS. Generators are machines •which are used to transform mechanical energy into electrical energy. Where the electrical machines ..."

3. Catalogue by Missouri. University, Perrins̕ Circulating Library, Providence (R.I.) (1910)
"... Bryophytes^ Pteridophytes and spermatophyte-. Text: Coulter's Morphology. Gray's New Manual. Sophomore requirement. Two hours a week, latter half of ..."

4. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"... (a marine spermatophyte) averaging about 10 ft. deep. There are in sight nearly 5000000 tons that can be sold profitably at £25 per ton. ..."

5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The term cryptogam, however, remains one of great convenience ; but the term phanerogam is being replaced by the much more significant term spermatophyte ..."

6. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"The great prominence of the latter line, with its spermatophyte sequence, is correlated with the development of a vascular system, and it would seem as ..."

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