angiosperm

UK: /ˈændʒɪəˌspɜːm/ US: /ˈændʒiəˌspɝm/ ,(an′jē ə spûrm′)

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an•gi•o•sperm /ˈændʒiəˌspɜrm/   n. [countable]

1. Botany any plant that has its seeds enclosed in a fruit, grain, pod, or capsule:
   All flowering plants are angiosperms.

an•gi•o•sper•mous, adj. 

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an•gi•o•sperm  (an′jē ə spûrm′), n. [Bot.]

1. Botany a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary;
   a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm.

• angio- + -sperm

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angiosperm / ˈændʒɪəˌspɜːm/ noun

1. any seed-bearing plant of the phylum Angiospermophyta (division Angiospermae in traditional systems), in which the ovules are enclosed in an ovary, which develops into the fruit after fertilization; any flowering plant
   Compare gymnosperm

ˌangioˈspermous adjective