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noun
Any plant that bears seeds rather than spores
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: phanerogam, seed plant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vascular plant, tracheophyte
Narrower terms: seedling, balsam, gymnosperm, angiosperm, flowering plant
History
From spermato- (“seed”) + -phyte (“plant”).
