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gymnosperm (n.)
1836, from French
gymnosperme
and Modern Latin
gymnospermae
(plural, 17c.), literally "naked seed" (i.e., not enclosed in an ovary), from
gymno-
"naked" +
sperma
"seed" (see
sprout
(v.)). Related:
Gymnospermous
.
