noun
- plants that produce seeds not enclosed in an ovary, including conifers, cycads, and ginkgoes
Usage: botanical term; plural form
Examples
- Gymnosperms include pine trees, fir trees, and other conifers.
- Unlike flowering plants, gymnosperms have naked seeds.
- The biology class studied the differences between gymnosperms and angiosperms.
- Gymnosperms were the dominant plant group before flowering plants evolved.
- Cedar and spruce trees are common examples of gymnosperms.
- The gymnosperm section of the botanical garden featured various cone-bearing trees.