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?”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

gymnosperm (plural gymnosperms)

1. (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

Derived terms

• gymnospermous
• progymnosperm

Related terms

• Gymnospermae
• gymnospore

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