| Pronunciation: | | 'jimnu`spurm
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| Matching Terms: | | gymnosperm family, gymnosperm genus, gymnospermae, gymnospermophyta, gymnospermous, gymnospermous tree, gymnospermous yellowwood
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary |
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| | See Also: | | class Gymnospermae, cycad, division Gymnospermophyta, Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, phanerogam, progymnosperm, pteridosperm, seed fern, seed plant, spermatophyte, welwitschia, Welwitschia mirabilis |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gym"no*sperm\, n. (Bot.)
A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in
an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. {Angiosperm}.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A seed plant with the ovules borne on the surface of a sporophyll. Compare angiosperm. |
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