gymnospermy


gym·no·sperm

G0325600 (jĭm′nə-spûrm′)n. A vascular plant, such as a cycad or conifer, whose seeds are not enclosed within an ovary.
[From New Latin Gymnospermae, former class name, from Greek gumnospermos : gumnos, naked; see nogw- in Indo-European roots + sperma, seed; see sperm1.]
gym′no·sper′mous adj.gym′no·sper′my n.

gymnospermy

(ˈdʒɪmnəʊˌspɜːmɪ) n (Plants) the condition of having seeds that do not have a pericarp