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gymnosperm
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
Related Forms:
- gymnospermous adjective
- gymnospermy noun
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