gymnosperm

English

Etymology

from Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”). By surface analysis, gymno- +‎ sperm. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Do we know when the term was coined?”)

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Noun

gymnosperm (plural gymnosperms)

(botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.

Hyponyms

(plant with seed not in ovary): conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, Gnetales

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Translations

plant whose seeds are not in an ovary

Chinese:
Mandarin: 裸子植物 (zh) (luǒzǐzhíwù)
Dutch: naaktzadige (nl) m
Esperanto: nudsemplanto, gimnospermo
Finnish: paljassiemeninen
German: Nacktsamer m, nacktsamige Pflanze f
Hindi: विवृतबीज m (vivŕtbīj), विवृतबीजी m (vivŕtbījī), अनावृतबीज m (anāvŕtbīj), अनावृतबीजी m (anāvŕtbījī)
Italian: gimnosperma (it) f
Japanese: 裸子植物 (ja) (rashi shokubutsu)
Macedonian: голосеменик m (golosemenik)
Portuguese: gimnosperma (pt) f
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: gimnosperma f
Swedish: gymnosperm (sv) c, nakenfröig växt c
Telugu: వివృతబీజము (vivr̥tabījamu)
Vietnamese: thực vật hạt trần, thực vật khỏa tử
Welsh: noeth-hadog m

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