单词 | gymnosperm |
释义 | gymnospermn. Botany. A plant which has naked seeds, as the pine, hemlock fir, etc.; one of the Gymnospermæ, a class of exogenous plants so characterized, embracing the orders Cycadaceæ, Coniferæ, and Gnetaceæ. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [noun] > angiosperm or gymnosperm angiosperm1835 gymnosperm1838 metasperm1878 1703 J. Ray Methodus Plantarum (ed. 2) 199 Gymnosperma Planta. Quæ semen nudum fert. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 245 Gymnospermæ are known from all other Vasculares by the vessels of their wood having large apparent perforations.] 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 510/1 Gymnosperms, one of the five divisions under which the vegetable kingdom is now classified. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man xx. 398 The gymnosperms or coniferous and cycadeous plants abound in all strata. 1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. ii. x. 288 Certain Gymnosperms..develop a bright green color in the deepest darkness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1838 |
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