Which feature most clearly distinguishes flowering plants from gymnosperms?
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Correct answer: Seeds enclosed in an ovary
Angiosperms have ovules enclosed within an ovary, and after fertilization the ovary develops into a fruit. Gymnosperms produce naked seeds not enclosed by a true fruit.
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