Meaning & use
gymnosperm
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A plant that produces seeds without an enclosing ovary or fruit, such as conifers, cycads, and ginkgoes.
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Pine trees are gymnosperms because their seeds develop in open cones rather than inside fruit.
The botany class compared gymnosperms and flowering plants, or angiosperms.
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Contrasted with angiosperms, which are flowering plants whose seeds are enclosed in a fruit or ovary.
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conifer
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