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angiosperms

angiosperms is the plural of angiosperm.

Meaning of angiosperm

Noun

angiosperm (plural angiosperms)

  1. Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
    • As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 3-4

Questions about angiosperms

What is angiosperms the plural of?
Angiosperms is the plural of angiosperm.

Words near angiosperms in the dictionary

  1. angiosperm
  2. angiospermal
  3. angiospermatous
  4. angiospermic
  5. angiospermous
  6. angiosperms
  7. angiospermy
  8. angiosphere
  9. angiospheres
  10. angiosporous
  11. angiostasis

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