n :  any of a class or subdivision (Gymnospermae) of woody vascular seed plants (as conifers or cycads) that produce naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary and that in some instances have motile spermatozoids - compare ANGIOSPERM  gym*no*sper*mous adj 
 
 
 
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