Etymology

gymnosperm

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Today it means: Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γυμνός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγυμνός“naked”
  2. English todaygymnosperm

from Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”). By surface analysis, gymno- + sperm.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγυμνός all →

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