From the Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, ‘receptacle’) + σπέρμα (spérma, ’seed’) — seed in a receptacle (a fruit). An angiosperm is a flowering plant — all flowering plants are angiosperms. Flowers, when fertilised, produce fruit…More »

From the Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, ‘naked’) + σπέρμα (spérma, ’seed’) — seed not in a receptacle. A gymnosperm is a cone-producing plant — conifers, cycads, gnetophytes, and the sole surviving ‘living fossil’ of its group,…More »

From the Ancient Greek σπέρματος (spérmatos, ’seed’), and φυτόν (phytón, ‘plant’) — seed-bearing plant. There are two groups of seed-bearing plants: the angiosperms and the gymnosperms.More »