Gymnosperm vs. Angiosperm

Gymnospermnoun

(botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.

Gymnospermnoun

A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm.

Gymnospermnoun

plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary

Gymnosperm

The gymnosperms, also known as Acrogymnospermae, are a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes. The term gymnosperm comes from the composite word in Greek: γυμνόσπερμος (γυμνός, gymnos, 'naked' and σπέρμα, sperma, 'seed'), literally meaning 'naked seeds'.

Angiospermnoun

(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.

Angiospermnoun

A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. Contrasted with gymnosperm.

Angiospermnoun

plants having seeds in a closed ovary