English > Gymnospermae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida). |
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| Synonyms | class Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophyta |
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| Member of | Spermatophyta, division Spermatophyta | seed plants |
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| Members | Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta | cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period |
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| Cycadopsida, class Cycadopsida, Cycadophytina, subdivision Cycadophytina, Cycadophyta, subdivision Cycadophyta | palmlike gymnosperms |
| Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgopsida, Ginkgophytina, class Ginkgophytina, subdivision Ginkgophytina, subdivision Ginkgophyta | ginkgos |
| Gnetopsida, class Gnetopsida, Gnetophytina, subdivision Gnetophytina, Gnetophyta | gymnospermous flowering plants |
| Pteridospermopsida, class Pteridospermopsida | Extinct gymnosperms most of Carboniferous to Jurassic |
| gymnosperm | plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary |
| gymnosperm family | A family of gymnosperms |
| gymnosperm genus | A genus of gymnosperms |
| gymnospermous tree | Any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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| Spanish | gimnospermas |
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| Catalan | Gymnospermae |
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| Adjectives | gymnospermous | relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae |
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