Gymnosperm Definition

jĭmnə-spûrm
noun
Any of a large division (Pinophyta) of seed plants having the ovules borne on open scales, usually in cones, and usually lacking true vessels in the woody tissue, including seed ferns, cycads, conifers, and the ginkgo.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Gymnosperm

Noun

Singular:
gymnosperm
Plural:
gymnosperms

Origin of Gymnosperm

  • From New Latin Gymnospermae former class name from Greek gumnospermos gumnos naked nogw- in Indo-European roots sperma seed sperm1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • from Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnos, “naked”) + σπέρμα (sperma, “seed”)

    From Wiktionary

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