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gymnosperm

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spermatophyte, phanerogam, seed plant

Narrower terms: progymnosperm, welwitschia, Welwitschia mirabilis, cycad, seed fern, pteridosperm

History

Etymology

from Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”). By surface analysis, gymno- + sperm.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: gimnosperma — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Chinese Mandarin: 裸子植物 (luǒzǐzhíwù) — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Dutch: naaktzadige — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Esperanto: nudsemplanto — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Esperanto: gimnospermo — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Finnish: paljassiemeninen — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • German: Nacktsamer — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • German: nacktsamige Pflanze — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Hindi: विवृतबीज (vivŕtbīj) — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Hindi: विवृतबीजी (vivŕtbījī) — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Hindi: अनावृतबीज (anāvŕtbīj) — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Hindi: अनावृतबीजी (anāvŕtbījī) — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Hungarian: nyitvatermő — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Italian: gimnosperma — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Japanese: 裸子植物 (rashi shokubutsu) — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Kazakh: ашық тұқымдылар (aşyq tūqymdylar) — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Korean: 겉씨식물 (geotssisingmul) — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Macedonian: голосеменик (golosemenik) — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Polish: roślina nagonasienna — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Polish: roślina nagozalążkowa — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Portuguese: gimnosperma — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Spanish: gimnosperma — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Swedish: gymnosperm — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Swedish: nakenfröig växt — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Telugu: వివృతబీజము (vivr̥tabījamu) — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Vietnamese: thực vật hạt trần — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Vietnamese: thực vật khỏa tử — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary
  • Welsh: noeth-hadog — plant whose seeds are not in an ovary