"gymnosperm" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-gymnosperm.ogg [US] Forms: gymnosperms [plural]
Etymology: from Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”). By surface analysis, gymno- + sperm. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|γυμνός||naked}} Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), {{m|grc|σπέρμα||seed}} σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”), {{surf|en|gymno-|sperm}} By surface analysis, gymno- + sperm Head templates: {{en-noun}} gymnosperm (plural gymnosperms)
  1. (botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. Wikipedia link: gymnosperm Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Gymnosperms Hyponyms (plant with seed not in ovary): conifers, cycad, Ginkgo, Gnetales Derived forms: gymnospermous, progymnosperm Related terms: Gymnospermae, gymnospore Translations (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary): 裸子植物 (luǒzǐzhíwù) (Chinese Mandarin), naaktzadige [masculine] (Dutch), nudsemplanto (Esperanto), gimnospermo (Esperanto), paljassiemeninen (Finnish), Nacktsamer [masculine] (German), nacktsamige Pflanze [feminine] (German), विवृतबीज (vivŕtbīj) [masculine] (Hindi), विवृतबीजी (vivŕtbījī) [masculine] (Hindi), अनावृतबीज (anāvŕtbīj) [masculine] (Hindi), अनावृतबीजी (anāvŕtbījī) [masculine] (Hindi), gimnosperma [feminine] (Italian), 裸子植物 (rashi shokubutsu) (Japanese), голосеменик (golosemenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), gimnosperma [feminine] (Portuguese), gimnosperma [feminine] (Spanish), gymnosperm [common-gender] (Swedish), nakenfröig växt [common-gender] (Swedish), వివృతబీజము (vivr̥tabījamu) (Telugu), thực vật hạt trần (Vietnamese), thực vật khỏa tử (Vietnamese), noeth-hadog [masculine] (Welsh)

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