gymnosperm

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
gymnosperm
    n 1: plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed
         in an ovary
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gymnosperm \Gym"no*sperm\ (j[i^]m"n[-o]*sp[~e]rm), n. (Bot.)
   A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in
   an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. {Angiosperm}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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