flowering plant

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a plant that produces flowers, fruit, and seeds; angiosperm.

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Origin of flowering plant

First recorded in 1860–65

The more variety of flowering plants in one area, the more likely that pollinators can find their favorite food.
Urban gardens create a buffet for bees|Alison Pearce Stevens|April 2, 2021|Science News For Students
Cities had a much higher diversity of flowering plants than surrounding areas, they found.
Urban gardens create a buffet for bees|Alison Pearce Stevens|April 2, 2021|Science News For Students
The findings, published January 22 in Current Biology, suggest that at least one species of Sapria has lost nearly half of the genes commonly found in other flowering plants and stolen many others directly from its hosts.
A reeking, parasitic plant lost its body and much of its genetic blueprint|Jake Buehler|February 10, 2021|Science News
You may be wondering what cells from zinnias—which are a small flowering plant—have to do with wood.
No Trees Harmed: MIT Aims to One Day Grow Your Kitchen Table in a Lab|Jason Dorrier|January 24, 2021|Singularity Hub

Normally, flowering plants use their leaves to sense when the environmental conditions are right to flower.
This parasitic plant eavesdrops on its host to know when to flower|Jonathan Lambert|September 4, 2020|Science News
A small flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, known as alfalfa.
Obama’s Organic Game|Eve Conant|October 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
This makes it as ornamental as if it were a flowering plant.
Amateur Gardencraft|Eben E. Rexford
On the slimy soil no small shrub uprears its head, no flowering plant unfolds its blossom.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
The rapidity and vigour of the four months' growth from bulb to giant flowering plant is very remarkable.
Wood and Garden|Gertrude Jekyll
It is surprising what a tiny bit of Phlox will make a strong flowering plant in one season.
Wood and Garden|Gertrude Jekyll
All of them attack roots, and most confine their attentions to one particular flowering plant.
The Romance of Plant Life|G. F. Scott Elliot

flowering plant

[ flou′ər-ĭng ]

A plant that produces flowers and fruit; an angiosperm. See more at angiosperm.