seed plant
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of seed plant
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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The workshop includes a mini seed library of three packs of seed, plant history, care tips and tutorials in composting and seed extraction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
The entire male gametophyte of a seed plant is found in a pollen grain.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
The fossil plant Elkinsia polymorpha, a “seed fern” from the Devonian period—about 400 million years ago—is considered the earliest seed plant known to date.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Were those naive villagers collecting every type of seed plant that they found, bringing it home, poisoning themselves on most of the species, and nourishing themselves from only a few species?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Do not use it merely as a seed plant, but carefully plant its seeds apart and tend carefully.
From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Charles William Burkett
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