Definition of Gymnospermous

1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae.

Derivative terms: Gymnosperm
Partainyms: Gymnospermae

Definition of Gymnospermous

1. a. Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel.

Definition of Gymnospermous

1. Adjective. (botany) Having seeds that are not protected in a capsule ¹

2. Adjective. (botany) Of or pertaining to a gymnosperm ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gymnospermous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Gymnospermous

1. Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel. Belonging to the class of plants consisting of gymnosperms. Origin: Gr. Gymnospermos; gymnos naked + sperma seed: cf. F. Gymnosperme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gymnospermous

gymnophobia
gymnophthalmata
gymnoplast
gymnoplasts
gymnorhinal
gymnosomata
gymnosophical
gymnosophist
gymnosophists
gymnosophy
gymnothecium
gymnotoka
gymnotus
gymnure
gymnures
gymp
gymped
gymping
gymps
gyms

Literary usage of Gymnospermous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1852)
"On the occurrence of Non-gymnospermous ... IT has usually been thought, that in rocks of the age of the lias, non-gymnospermous exogenous wood does not ..."

2. Botany by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1881)
"gymnospermous PLANTS. CONIFERS AND CYCADS. 139. There is a small but well-known group of flowering plants that differs so much from all others that it ..."

3. A Manual of Structural Botany: An Introductory Textbook for Students of by Henry Hurd Rusby (1911)
"The gymnospermous Pistil.—The essential character of the gymno- ... The pseudo-cavity of the gymnospermous carpel is never divided. ..."

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