Flowering plant
A plant in the angiosperm group that produces flowers and encloses its seeds within fruits. Angiosperms are the most diverse group of land plants.
Flower: The reproductive structure of an angiosperm, containing organs that produce pollen and ovules. Its specialized organs bring pollen and ovules together for seed production.
Plant: A multicellular eukaryote, usually photosynthetic, in the kingdom Plantae. Flowering plants are one major lineage within the plant kingdom.
Angiosperm: A member of the plant clade whose seeds are enclosed within fruits and whose reproductive structures are flowers. It is the scientific group name for flowering plants.
Crop plant: A plant cultivated for food, fiber, fuel, or other useful products. Most major food crops are flowering plants, including cereals, legumes, and fruit crops.
Pollination: The transfer of pollen from an anther to a receptive stigma or ovule. Pollen transfer enables fertilization in flowering plants.
Vascular plant: A plant with specialized tissues that transport water, minerals, and sugars. Angiosperms belong to the vascular plants, alongside ferns and other seed plants.
Gymnosperm: A seed plant whose ovules and seeds are not enclosed within an ovary. Gymnosperms are the living seed-plant group contrasted with angiosperms.
Agriculture: The cultivation of plants and raising of animals to produce food and other materials. Angiosperm domestication underpins most agriculture worldwide.
Double fertilization: An angiosperm reproductive process in which two sperm cells fertilize the egg and central cell. One fertilization forms the embryo; the other forms nutritive endosperm.
Seed plant: A vascular plant that reproduces using seeds rather than spores alone. Angiosperms are seed plants, distinguished by flowers and enclosed seeds.