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Webster 1913 Edition

Angiosperm

An′gi-o-sperm

(-ăn′jĭ-ō̍-spẽrm)
,
Noun.
[
Angio-
+ Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], seed.]
(Bot.)
A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. Contrasted with
gymnosperm
.
☞ The term is restricted to exogenous plants, and applied to one of the two grand divisions of these species, the other division including gymnosperms, or those which have naked seeds. The oak, apple, beech, etc., are angiosperms, while the pines, spruce, hemlock, and the allied varieties, are gymnosperms.

Webster 1828 Edition

Angiosperm

AN'GIOSPERM

,
Noun.
[Gr. a vessel, and seed.] In botany, a plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.

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