transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjim-nə-ˌspərm ]
noun
Etymology: ultimately from Greek gymnos + sperma seed — more at sperm
Date: circa 1838
: any of a group of vascular plants that produce naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary, that were formerly considered a class (Gymnospermae) of seed plants, but that are now considered polyphyletic in origin and divided into several extinct divisions and four divisions with surviving members typified by the cycadophytes, conifers, ginkgo, and ephedras — compare angiosperm
• gym·no·sper·mous ˌjim-nə-ˈspər-məs adjective
• gym·no·sper·my ˈjim-nə-ˌspər-mē noun