|

spermatophyte

DEFINITIONS OF: spermatophyte

1

n plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores

Synonyms:
phanerogam, seed plant
Types:
show 14 types...
hide 14 types...
seedling
young plant or tree grown from a seed
balsam
any seed plant yielding balsam
gymnosperm
plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary
angiosperm, flowering plant
plants having seeds in a closed ovary
progymnosperm
an ancestral fossil type from which modern gymnosperms are thought to have derived
Welwitschia mirabilis, welwitschia
curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old
cycad
any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves
pteridosperm, seed fern
an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae)
angiocarp
tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk
dicot, dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid
flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside
endogen, liliopsid, monocot, monocotyledon
a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside
flower
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
wild flower, wildflower
wild or uncultivated flowering plant
madderwort, rubiaceous plant
any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae
Type of:
tracheophyte, vascular plant
green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES