gymnospermy

Variant of gymnosperm

gymnosperm definition

gym·no·sperm (jim′nō spʉrm′, -nə-)

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

Etymology: ModL gymnospermus < Gr gymnospermos: see gymno- & -sperm

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