English > gymnosperm family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A family of gymnosperms. |
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| Member of | Gymnospermae, class Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophyta | plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary |
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| Narrower | Araucariaceae, family Araucariaceae, araucaria family | tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves |
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| Bennettitaceae, family Bennettitaceae | A family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous |
| Cephalotaxaceae, family Cephalotaxaceae, plum-yew family | A family of Cephalotaxaceae |
| Cordaitaceae, family Cordaitaceae | chiefly Paleozoic plants |
| Cupressaceae, family Cupressaceae, cypress family | cypresses and junipers and many cedars |
| Cycadaceae, family Cycadaceae, cycad family | ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids |
| Ephedraceae, family Ephedraceae | ephedras |
| Ginkgoaceae, family Ginkgoaceae, ginkgo family | constituting the order Ginkgoales |
| Gnetaceae, family Gnetaceae | plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit |
| Phyllocladaceae, family Phyllocladaceae | A family of Phyllocladaceae |
| Pinaceae, family Pinaceae, pine family | A family of Pinaceae |
| Podocarpaceae, family Podocarpaceae, podocarpus family | gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves |
| Sciadopityaceae, family Sciadopityaceae | family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae |
| Taxaceae, family Taxaceae, yew family | sometimes classified as member of order Taxales |
| Taxodiaceae, subfamily Taxodiaceae, redwood family | coniferous trees |
| Welwitschiaceae, family Welwitschiaceae | In some classifications included in the Gnetaceae |
| Zamiaceae, family Zamiaceae, zamia family | A family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae |
| Broader | plant family | A family of plants |
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| Spanish | gimnospermas |
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| Catalan | gimnospermes |
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