ANTHOPHYTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anthophyta mean? 

• ANTHOPHYTA (noun)
  The noun ANTHOPHYTA has 1 sense:

1. comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)

  Familiarity information: ANTHOPHYTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTHOPHYTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Angiospermae; Anthophyta; class Angiospermae; division Anthophyta; division Magnoliophyta; Magnoliophyta

Hypernyms ("Anthophyta" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Anthophyta"):

angiosperm; flowering plant (plants having seeds in a closed ovary)

class Dicotyledonae; class Dicotyledones; class Magnoliopsida; Dicotyledonae; Dicotyledones; Magnoliopsida (comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae)

class Liliopsida; class Monocotyledonae; class Monocotyledones; Liliopsida; Monocotyledonae; Monocotyledones (comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae)

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

flowering shrub (shrub noted primarily for its flowers)

Holonyms ("Anthophyta" is a member of...):

division Spermatophyta; Spermatophyta (seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots))