Gymnosperm

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:00:49

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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