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GYMNOSPERMOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gymnospermous mean?
• GYMNOSPERMOUS (adjective)
The adjective GYMNOSPERMOUS has 1 sense:
1. relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae
Familiarity information: GYMNOSPERMOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Gymnospermae (plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida))
Derivation:
gymnosperm (plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary)
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