noun
- flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed within a fruit
Usage: botanical
Examples
- Angiosperms include roses, oak trees, and grasses.
- Most of the plants we see around us are angiosperms.
- Angiosperms evolved later than gymnosperms in Earth’s history.
- The apple tree is a common example of an angiosperm.
- Angiosperms dominate most terrestrial ecosystems today.
- Scientists study angiosperms to understand plant reproduction.