Flower (Latin flos, floris; French fleur), a term popularly used for the
bloom or blossom of a plant, is the reproductive structure of those plants
classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta).
The flower structure incorporates the reproductive organs, and its function
is to produce seeds through sexual reproduction. For the higher plants,
seeds are the next generation, and serve as the primary means by which
individuals of a species are dispersed across the landscape. After fertilization,
portions of the flower develop into a fruit containing the seed(s).
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