Gymnosperm

n.

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(Bot.) A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm.

Noun

1.

gymnosperm - plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary

class Gymnospermae, cycad, division Gymnospermophyta, Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, phanerogam, progymnosperm, pteridosperm, seed fern, seed plant, spermatophyte, welwitschia, Welwitschia mirabilis