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

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Example Sentences

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seed plant

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

You sow seed, plant trees, and seek to shape others into symmetrical form by pruning-knife and saw.

From Nature's Serial Story by Edward Payson Roe

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