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Webster 1913 Edition

Gymnosperm

Gym′no-sperm

(jĭm′nō̍-spẽrm)

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Noun.

(Bot.)

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

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Webster 1828 Edition

Gymnosperm

GYMNOSPERM

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Noun.

[Gr. naked, and seed.] In botany, a plant that bears naked seeds.

Definition 2024

gymnosperm

gymnosperm

English

Noun

gymnosperm ‎(plural gymnosperms)

(botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.

Hyponyms

(plant with seed not in ovary): conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, Gnetales

Derived terms

gymnospermous

Related terms

Translations

plant whose seeds are not in an ovary

Chinese:
Mandarin: 裸子植物 (zh) ‎(luǒzǐzhíwù)
Dutch: naaktzadige m
Esperanto: nudsemplanto, gimnospermo
Finnish: paljassiemeninen

Italian: gimnosperma f
Macedonian: голосеменик m ‎(golosémenik)
Portuguese: gimnosperma (pt) f
Russian:
Spanish: gimnosperma f
Telugu: వివృతబీజము ‎(vivr̥tabījamu)