angiosperm
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Definition of angiosperm
— called also flowering plant
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Perhaps the answer has been so elusive because those scientists have usually focused on the physiological traits that set the angiosperms apart from their relatives. — Quanta Magazine, "With ‘Downsized’ DNA, Flowering Plants Took Over the World," 16 June 2019 In fact, by following the family trees of the flowering plants back to their base, researchers have determined that the very first angiosperms had small genomes. — Quanta Magazine, "With ‘Downsized’ DNA, Flowering Plants Took Over the World," 16 June 2019 The oldest and biggest angiosperm trees in the world, the African baobabs, are dying or already dead, an international team of scientists has found. — Amina Khan, latimes.com, "Africa's baobab trees can live for more than 1,000 years, but the oldest and largest of them are dying," 11 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'angiosperm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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