flowering plant
noun
plural flowering plants
: any of a class (Angiospermae) of vascular plants that have male and female reproductive structures enclosed in a flower, that have seeds which arise from ovules contained in the ovaries, and that produce dry or fleshy fruits after double fertilization : angiosperm
The butterflies feed off the nectar of any flowering plant and lay their eggs on what's called a host plant.—
Michael Fitzpatrick
Michael FitzpatrickAbout 75% of all flowering plants rely on animal pollinators and over 200,000 species of animals act as pollinators.—Steve Smith
Steve SmithDuckweed, the smallest flowering plant, measures less than 5 millimeters across.—Timothy Cooney et al.
Timothy Cooney et al.Examples of flowering plant in a Sentence
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Their first step involved gathering all 470 flowering plant genomes that have been sequenced, a mix of wild species and agricultural crops from all over the world.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 May 2026
Along walkways, flowering plants heighten the experience of moving through the landscape.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
Joining the mix soon will be a new tropical variant taking after a dazzling flowering plant.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
Two years after the Leaf Bag Incident, my unremarkable patch of earth is more mulch, rock, and flowering plants than grass.
—Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 14 May 2026
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 May 2026
Along walkways, flowering plants heighten the experience of moving through the landscape.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
Joining the mix soon will be a new tropical variant taking after a dazzling flowering plant.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
Two years after the Leaf Bag Incident, my unremarkable patch of earth is more mulch, rock, and flowering plants than grass.
—Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for flowering plant
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“Flowering plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flowering%20plant. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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