Gymnosperm

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gymnosperm \Gym"no*sperm\ (j[i^]m"n[-o]*sp[~e]rm), n. (Bot.)
     A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in
     an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. {Angiosperm}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  gymnosperm
       n : plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed
           in an ovary