seed plant

American  

noun

1. a seed-bearing plant; spermatophyte.

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seed plant British  

noun

1. any plant that reproduces by means of seeds: a gymnosperm or angiosperm

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seed plant Scientific  

1. See seed-bearing plant

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Etymology

Origin of seed plant

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

In the spring and fall, it is released from seed plants, and flies through the wind to fertilize other plants.

From Salon

Despite ferns' unique physiology and their relationship to seed plants, however, these strange genomes have been largely neglected by researchers.

From Scientific American

Their roles in the fern are unclear, but seven of these genes are active in leaves where spores are produced, suggesting they play a role in reproduction in ferns as well as in seed plants.

From Science Magazine

Those big seed plants with their stout trunks, big leaves and pretty flowers have a little problem when they don’t get watered enough, a problem with which any houseplant owner is familiar: they die.

From Scientific American

Her paints come from mustard seed plants outside her door boiled to a tarlike thickness.

From New York Times