gymnosperm

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This perspective however is too coarse, as many niche shifts occur within sublineages (including many gymnosperm-angiospem shifts).

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  1. noun A plant, such as a cycad or conifer, whose seeds are not enclosed within an ovary.

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  • Molecular aspects of the peatification and early coalification of angiosperm and gymnosperm woods —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Solid-state 13C NMR studies of a large fossil gymnosperm from the Yallourn Open Cut, —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • This perspective however is too coarse, as many niche shifts occur within sublineages (including many gymnosperm-angiospem shifts). —  Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • The Ginkgo is a gymnosperm which means naked seed; the seeds are not protected by an ovary. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Proteomic evaluation of gymnosperm pollination drop proteins indicates highly conserved and complex biological functions —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. From New Latin Gymnospermae, class name, from Greek gumnospermos : gumnos, naked; see nogw- in Indo-European roots + sperma, seed; see sperm1.

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  1. from New Latin gymnospermus: see gymnospermous.
 

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/ˈdʒɪmnəspərm/
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