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spermatophyte definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores [syn: spermatophyte, phanerogam, seed plant]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: ultimately from New Latin spermat- + Greek phyton plant — more at phyt- Date: 1897 any of a group (Spermatophyta) of higher plants comprising those that produce seeds and including the gymnosperms and angiosperms • spermatophytic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any seed-bearing plant.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spermatophyte Sper"ma*to"phyte`, n. Any plant of the phylum Spermatophyta. -- Sper`ma*to*phyt"ic, a.