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Definition of Gymnospermous
1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of plants of the class 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
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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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