gymnosperm
gym·nos·perm
noun
1.
plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary
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from Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”). By surface analysis, gymno- + sperm.
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