Gymnosperm

['dʒɪmnə(ʊ)spɜːm]

Definition

(noun.) plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary.

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Definition

(n.) A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm.

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Definition

n. one of the lower or more primitive group of seed plants—also Gym′nogen.—adj. Gymnosper′mous (bot.) having the seeds unenclosed in a capsule.—n. Gym′nospore a naked spore.

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