Gymnospermae
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, feminine plural of gymnospermus (“having naked seeds”)
Proper noun
Gymnospermae
- (botany) The group of seed plants, whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary
- A taxonomic clade within the clade spermatophytes.
- A taxonomic superclass within the subphylum Spermatophytina.[1]
Hypernyms
- (superclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum
Hyponyms
- (plants with seeds not enclosed in an ovary): Coniferae - class
- Cycadidae, Ginkgoidae, Gnetidae, Pinidae - subclasses
- (superclass): Cycadopsida, Ginkgoopsida, Gnetopsida, Pinopsida - classes
- Cycadidae, Ginkgoidae, Gnetidae, Pinidae - subclasses
- Cycadales, Ginkgoales, Gnetales, Pinales - orders
- Cycadidae, Ginkgoidae, Gnetidae, Pinidae - subclasses
Derived terms
References
Gymnosperm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Plantae (L.) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Gymnosperms on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gymnospermae at the Tree of Life Web Project
