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What is a gymnosperm?

What is a gymnosperm? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
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For a comparison of angiosperms with the other major groups of plants, see plant, bryophyte, fern, lower vascular plant, and gymnosperm.
For a discussion of the other types of vascular plants, see gymnosperm and angiosperm.
Another type of apomictic development has been reported to occur in the gymnosperm Cupressus dupreziana, where embryos develop from unreduced pollen grains.
It is the only native gymnosperm in the region, and like all Cycas species exhibits primitive features reminiscent of early spermatophytes.
Early seed ferns gave rise to the gymnosperm group, including pines, spruces, and firs.
It was the first gymnosperm to have its genome sequenced, and one clone has been measured as 9,550 years old.

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