(from the article `gymnosperm`) ...elongated, strap-shaped; wood compact, conifer-like; fertile shoots slender and elongated with fertile buds borne in the axils of reduced leaves ... ...each bract with an axillary branch bearing numerous scale leaves surrounding pollen sacs or ovules; generally considered the ancestors of the ... [2... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/128
class Coniferopsidanoun cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivisio... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974