Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AN-GI-O-SPERM'OUS
AN-GI-O-SPERM'OUS, a.
Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp. In Linnæus's system, the second order of plants in the Didynamian class are called Angiospermia. This word is opposed to gymnospermous, or naked-seeded.
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