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
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No analysis can ever find or prove the life of a seed: plant it in its proper soil, and the growth will testify to the life.
From Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy by Murray, Andrew
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