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GYMNOSPERMOUS TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gymnospermous tree" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gymnospermous tree"):
gnetum; Gnetum gnemon (small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour)
gingko; ginkgo; Ginkgo biloba; maidenhair tree (deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree)
conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
Holonyms ("gymnospermous tree" is a member of...):
class Gymnospermae; division Gymnospermophyta; Gymnospermae; Gymnospermophyta (plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida))
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