gymnospermous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of gymnospermous
1720–30; < New Latin gymnospermus < Greek gymnóspermos. See gymno-, -spermous
Example Sentences
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It was not even, like that of the coal period, solely or mainly cryptogamous or gymnospermous.
From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by John William Dawson
It is contained in a seed-vessel formed from the ovary in the plants called angiospermous; while in gymnospermous plants, such as Coniferae and Cycadaceae, it is naked, or, in other words, has no true pericarp.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The general relation of the gymnospermous Seed-plants to the Higher Cryptogamia was cleared up, independently of fossil evidence, by the brilliant researches of Hofmeister, dating from the middle of the past century.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
Very similar would seem to have been the fate of a more familiar gymnospermous tree, the Gingko or Salisburia.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray
It remained uncertain, however, from which line of Cryptogams the gymnospermous Seed-plants had sprung.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
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