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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gym•no•sperm ( jim′nə spûrm′),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]- Botanya vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary;
a conifer or cycad. Cf. angiosperm.
- Neo-Latin gymnospermae name of type. See gymno-, -sperm
- 1820–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gymnosperm /ˈdʒɪmnəʊˌspɜːm ˈɡɪm-/ n - any seed-bearing plant in which the ovules are borne naked on the surface of the megasporophylls, which are often arranged in cones. Gymnosperms, which include conifers and cycads, are traditionally classified in the division Gymnospermae but in modern classifications are split into separate phyla
Compare angiosperm
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