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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Gymnosperm

/(jĭm"nō̇*spẽrm)/ · Gym·no·sperm · IPA
01 n. A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm.
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    A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm.(Bot.) See: Angiosperm