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gymnosperm en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

from Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”). By surface analysis, gymno- + sperm.

Meanings

1. Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
   • The palynoassemblage is rich in angiosperm taxa (45.63%) followed by gymnosperms (0.45%), pteridophytes (18.49%) and fungal remains (23.88%). 2016 March 2, “Depositional Environment of Mio-Pliocene Siwalik Sedimentary Strata from the Darjeeling Himalayan Foothills, India: A Palynological Approach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
   • Like cycads — their gymnosperm relatives — and ferns, the ginkgo produces motile sperm. 2015 October 29, Dave Taft, “The Female Ginkgo Tree’s Acrid Smell of Success”, in The New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

gymnospermic · progymnosperm · gymnospermous · gymnospermism · gymnospermal

Hyponyms

conifers (plant with seed not in ovary) · cycad (plant with seed not in ovary) · Gnetales (plant with seed not in ovary) · Ginkgo (plant with seed not in ovary)

Relateds

gymnospore · Gymnospermae

Translations (29)

cmn 裸子植物 (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · nl naaktzadige (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · hi विवृतबीजी (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · hi विवृतबीज (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · sv nakenfröig växt (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · pl roślina nagozalążkowa (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · sv gymnosperm (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · pt gimnosperma (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · it gimnosperma (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · fr gymnosperme (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · ko 겉씨식물 (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · es gimnosperma (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · pl roślina nagonasienna (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · hu nyitvatermő (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · eo nudsemplanto (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · vi thực vật hạt trần (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · vi thực vật khỏa tử (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · cy noeth-hadog (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · de nacktsamige Pflanze (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · hi अनावृतबीजी (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · fi paljassiemeninen (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · ja 裸子植物 (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · te వివృతబీజము (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · de Nacktsamer (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · eo gimnospermo (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · hi अनावृतबीज (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · mk голосеменик (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · ca gimnosperma (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary) · kk ашық тұқымдылар (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary)