Definition of "gymnosperms" [gymnosperms]

• Plural form of gymnosperm. (noun)

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• "One hundred million years before the emergence of fruit-bearing flowering plants called “angiosperms”, there were other plants called gymnosperms."
• "These are named respectively "gymnosperms" and "angiosperms," and to the first our plant belongs."
• "The monotonous floor of conifers and gymnosperms which dotted this part of the continent waved briefly at their passage."