Angiosperm

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Angiosperm \An"gi*o*sperm\ (-[a^]n"j[i^]*[-o]*sp[~e]rm), n.
     [Angio- + Gr. ?, ?, seed.] (Bot.)
     A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.
     Contrasted with {gymnosperm}.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Note: The term is restricted to exogenous plants, and applied
           to one of the two grand divisions of these species, the
           other division including gymnosperms, or those which
           have naked seeds. The oak, apple, beech, etc., are
           angiosperms, while the pines, spruce, hemlock, and the
           allied varieties, are gymnosperms.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  angiosperm
       n : plants having seeds in a closed ovary [syn: {flowering plant}]