GYMNOSPERM

[gym.no.sperm] n [ultim. fr. Gk gymnos + sperma seed--more at sperm] (ca. 1838): any of a class (Gymnospermae) of woody vascular seed plants (as conifers) that produce naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary and that in some instances have motile spermatozoids -- gym.no.sper.mous adj -- gym.no.sper.my n