spermatophyte
spermatophyte · spermatophytes
Any plant that bears seeds rather than sporesAny plant that bears seeds rather than spores
Meaning
1 sensesAny plant that bears seeds rather than spores
plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores
Origin
From spermato- (“seed”) + -phyte (“plant”).From spermato- (“seed”) + -phyte (“plant”).
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Forms
plural: spermatophytesSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores:phanerogamseed plant
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedspermatophytic