Definition of Gymnospermy

1. [n -MIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gymnospermy

gymnorhinal
gymnosomata
gymnosophical
gymnosophist
gymnosophists
gymnosophy
gymnothecium
gymnotoka
gymnotus
gymnure
gymnures
gymp
gymped
gymping
gymps
gyms
gymslip
gymslipped
gymslips
gyn-

Literary usage of Gymnospermy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Morphology of Spermatophytes by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1901)
"... at the same time combating the idea of gymnospermy. While later 2* his views ABCDEF FIG. 60.—Microsporangia from the strobili shown in Fig. ..."

2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"... fertilizing it directly.2 This interesting group of plants consists of the 1 References to the literature of gymnospermy and to the steps of the ..."

3. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1879)
"... of gymnospermy and to the steps of the prolonged controversy over it, also the points of morphology still in part unsettled, need not here be given. ..."

4. Morphology of Spermatophytes by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1901)
"... at the same time combating the idea of gymnospermy. While later 2* his views A BC D Fio. 60.—Microsporangia from the strobili shown in Fig. ..."

5. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1915)
"... to true gymnospermy, and the barrier was crossed which separates the cryptogam from the phanerogam. The origin of true flowers, albeit they were minute, ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... who first recognized this important distinguishing feature in conifers and cycads in 1825; he established the gymnospermy of these seed-bearing classes ..."

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