词典释义：
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But for flowering plants, it was the chance they'd been waiting for.
可对于开花植物来说，这则是企盼已久的好机会。
《How To Grow A Planet》《植物之歌》
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But a tough shell wasn't all, because seeds from flowering plants developed a further evolutionary advantage that no other plant possessed.
种子的长处不仅在于具有坚不可摧的种皮，因为开花植物的种子还进化出了一项在进化历程中更具竞争力的，且在世上绝无仅有的能力。
《How To Grow A Planet》《植物之歌》
双语例句
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The slopes are colonized by flowering plants.
坡地上长满了开花植物。
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Flowering plants were making their first appearance, but were still a rarity.
有花植物初现，但是依然少见。
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Two thousand of France's 4,200 species of flowering plants are found in the park.
法国的4200种开花植物中有2000种可以在这个公园里找到。
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If you have pollen allergies, you should either avoid flowering plants or snip off the flower buds as soon as they appear.
如果您对花粉过敏，您应该避免开花植物，或者在它们出现后，立即剪掉它们。
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Bees are a critical part of the food chain because flowering plants depend on insects for pollination and the honeybee is the most effective.
蜜蜂是食物链的重要组成部分，因为开花植物的授粉依赖于昆虫，而蜜蜂是最有效的授粉昆虫。
百科
早期显花植物是一个广义的概念，是裸子植物和被子植物的总称，但是裸子植物的孢子叶球 （球穗花）（strobilus）严格地说还不能看作真正的花，所以现在多数学者都采用狭义的概念，即有花植物（flowering plants）或显花植物都仅指被子植物，不包括裸子植物。被子植物因为有雌蕊，所以也称做雌蕊植物（gynoeciatae）。