Look up: gymnosperm

1. gymnosperm
   n. A plant that produces seeds, which are not enclosed; includes any seed plant that does not produce flowers.
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2. Gymnosperm
   Gymnosperms meaning naked seeds) are seed-bearing plants that don't produce flowers. They release pollen into the air to the female ovule, causing fertilization. Their seeds develop without a protective covering. The earliest gymnosperms were seed ferns from the Devonian period (408-360 million year...
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3. gymnosperm
   [n] - plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary
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4. gymnosperm
   the group of vascular flowering plants that produce seeds not enclosed in an ovary(naked seeds) Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • The botanical name for the group of vascular flowering plants that produce seeds not enclosed in an ovary,mostly repre...
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5. Gymnosperm
   Gym'no·sperm (jĭm'no*spẽrm) noun (Botany) A plant that bears naked seeds ( i. e. , seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Confer Angiosperm .
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6. gymnosperm
   A seed plant with the ovules borne on the surface of a sporophyll. ... Compare: angiosperm. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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7. Gymnosperm
   • (n.) 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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8. gymnosperm
   any vascular plant that reproduces by means of an exposed seed, or ovule, as opposed to an angiosperm, or flowering plant, whose seeds are enclosed ... [19 related articles]
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9. gymnosperm
   gymnosperm In botany, having seeds which are not enclosed in an ovary or carpel.
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10. Gymnosperm
    The gymnosperms are a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and Gnetales. The term "gymnosperm" comes from the Greek word gymnospermos (γυμνόσπερμος), meaning "naked seeds", after the unenclosed condition of their seeds (called ovules in their unfertilized state). Their naked condition stands in con...
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11. Gymnosperm
    Plant that bears naked seeds. Representatives of this group include the conifers.
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12. gymnosperm
    A seed plant with seeds not enclosed in an ovary. Gymnosperms make up the smaller of the two main classes of seed-bearing plants, the other being the angiosperms. All gymnosperms are perennials and most are evergreen. There are several orders, including the conifers (Coniferales), such as pine, larg...
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13. gymnosperm
    gymnosperm: see angiosperm.
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14. Gymnosperm
    A gymnosperm is a plant with a naked seed - the term being used in contrast to Angiosperm - there being no proper ovary the seeds being fertilised by the pollen coming into direct contact with the foramen of the ovule without the intervention of a stigma. The gymnosperms include pines and firs, yews, cycads, etc.
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15. gymnosperm
    In botany, any plant whose seeds are exposed, as opposed to the structurally more advanced angiosperms, where they are inside an ovary. The group includes conifers and related plants such as cycads and ginkgos, whose seeds develop in cones. Fossil gymnosperms have been found in rocks about 350 million years old
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16. gymnosperm
    a seed-bearing plant with ovules borne on the surface of a sporophyll; includes, among others, conifers, Ginkgo, Gnetum and cycads.
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