gymnosperm
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Etymology
from Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”). By surface analysis, gymno- + sperm. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Do we know when the term was coined?”)
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Noun
gymnosperm (plural gymnosperms)
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plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
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