Definition of "nonflowering" [nonflowering]

• Of a plant, not flowering; reproducing by means other than pollination from flowers. (adjective)

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• ""nonflowering," meaning that there should be little chance of accidental contamination of nearby crops."
• "New Caledonia has a remarkable diversity of gymnosperms (primitive nonflowering plants that include conifers), with forty-four species (forty-three of which are endemic) out of fifteen genera (at least three of which are endemic)."
• "The spores of nonflowering plants are analogous to the seeds of flowering plants."