Meaning Of The Word Gymnosperm

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What's The Definition Of Gymnosperm?

gymnosperm in American English
any of a large division (Pinophyta) of seed plants having the ovules borne on open scales, usually in cones, and usually lacking true vessels in the woody tissue, including seed ferns, cycads, conifers, and the ginkgo
noun: a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad

gymnosperm in British English
noun: any seed-bearing plant in which the ovules are borne naked on the surface of the megasporophylls, which are often arranged in cones. Gymnosperms, which include conifers and cycads, are traditionally classified in the division Gymnospermae but in modern cl

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