Angiosperms

/ˈændʒioʊˌspɜrmz/ noun

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in a protective fruit or seed vessel, making up the majority of plant life on Earth.

From Greek 'angeion' (vessel) + 'sperma' (seed). This term replaced 'Magnoliophyta' in common usage, becoming dominant in 20th-century botany as the standard name for flowering plants.

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