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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 Gymnospermaeplay

  Familiarity information: GYMNOSPERMOUS used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GYMNOSPERMOUS (adjective)


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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