angiosperm
A flowering plant with ovules contained inside the ovary.
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Angiospermae search for term- n. (Gr. anggeion, vessel; sperma, seed) a major division of the plant kingdom, commonly called flowering plants as their reproductive organs are in flowers, ...
angiosperm -- n. A group of plants that produce seeds enclosed within an ovary, which may mature into a fruit; flowering plants.
anther -- The pollen producing tip of a stamen; part of a flower. More info?
Angiosperm - Flowering plant that forms seeds within the protected ovary. This describes fruiting plants.
angiosperm A member of a class of plants characterized by the formation of flowers and seeds in fruits.
anion A negatively charged ion. Plant nutrient examples include nitrate (NO3-), phosphate (H2PO4-), and sulfate (SO42-). See cation.
-- in angiosperms, when one of the from the pollen unites with the egg forming a zygote and the other sperm unites with the polar nucleus forming the triploid (3n) endosperm.
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Division - Angiosperm (Flowering plants). Division is the broadest way of dividing plants. Flowers, or the sexual reproductive parts of a plant, are the fingerprints of plant classification since they are the most stable, unchanging part of the plant.
About 75 percent of all the seed-bearing plants on earth today are not gymnosperms, but rather angiosperms. All angiosperms produce flowers, which botanists define as shoots, modified for reproduction.
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The two large divisions in the plant species are flowering plants, angiosperms, or plants with cones, gymnosperms. All other states have flowers for their actual state flower, but Maine decided to be a little different.
Monocot A plant of the angiosperm group having one cotyledon.
Monoculture Growing only one particular type of plant.
Monoecious A species with unisexual flowers, having both sexes on the same plant.
Funiculus- The basal stalk of an ovule arising from the placenta in the angiosperms.
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GYMNOSPERM (produce naked seeds that are only partially
enclosed by tissues - conifers being the largest family). or ANGIOSPERM (produce a covered seed in an ovary
a protected chamber that forms part of the fruit).
 See also: Plant, Flower, Genera, Seed, Leaf
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