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Noun: nonflowering plant
  1. Plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
    "Ferns are a common type of nonflowering plant found in many forests";
    - pteridophyte
Noun: non-flowering plant
  1. A plant that does not bear flowers
    "Ferns and mosses are examples of non-flowering plants"

Derived forms: non-flowering plants, nonflowering plants

Type of: flora, plant, plant life, tracheophyte, vascular plant

Part of: division Pteridophyta, Pteridophyta

Encyclopedia: Non-flowering plant