Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the flowering plants. See
Anthophyta .
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- noun Any
flowering plant , or extinct close relative of the flowering plants.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ἄνθος ("flower") + -phyte
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Examples
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Donoghue MJ, Doyle JA (2000) Seed plant phylogeny: demise of the anthophyte hypothesis?
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jose Eduardo de la Torre-Bárcena et al. 2009
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Most anthophyte leaves are thin with a big surface area.
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