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Webster 1913 Edition


Gymnosperm

Gym′no-sperm

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Gymnosperm

GYMNOSPERM

,
Noun.
[Gr. naked, and seed.] In botany, a plant that bears naked seeds.

Definition 2024


gymnosperm

gymnosperm

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gymnosperm (plural gymnosperms)

  1. (botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.

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