- nonflowering
- non·flowering
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nonflowering
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nonflowering — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
nonflowering — adjective Date: circa 1934 producing no flowers; specifically lacking a flowering stage in the life cycle … New Collegiate Dictionary
nonflowering — adj. * * * … Universalium
nonflowering — non•flow′er•ing adj … From formal English to slang
nonflowering — adjective without flower or bloom and not producing seeds a flowerless plant • Syn: ↑flowerless • Ant: ↑flowering (for: ↑flowerless) • Similar to: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
nonflowering plant — noun plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores • Syn: ↑pteridophyte • Hypernyms: ↑vascular plant, ↑tracheophyte • Hyponyms: ↑fern, ↑fern ally … Useful english dictionary
Acotyledon — is used to refer to seed plants or spermatophytes that lack cotyledons, such as orchids and dodder. Orchid seeds are tiny with underdeveloped embryos. They depend on mycorrhizal fungi for their early nutrition so are myco heterotrophs at that… … Wikipedia
fern — fernless, adj. fernlike, adj. /ferrn/, n. any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a… … Universalium
Fern — /ferrn/, n. a female given name. * * * Any of about 10,000–12,000 species (division Filicophyta) of nonflowering vascular plants that have true roots, stems, and complex leaves and reproduce by spores. Though ferns were once classified with the… … Universalium
bryophyte — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek bryon + phyton plant; akin to Greek phyein to bring forth more at be Date: 1878 any of a division (Bryophyta) of nonflowering plants comprising the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts • bryophytic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
