| gymnogen | <botany> One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm. Origin: Gr. Gymnos naked + -gen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| gymnoglossa | <zoology> A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Gymnos naked + tongue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gymnolaemata | <zoology> An order of Bryozoa, having no epistome. Origin: Nl, fr. Gr. Gymnos naked + the throat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gymnonoti | <zoology> The order of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or electrical eel. The dorsal fin is wanting. Origin: NL. Fr. Gr. Gymnos naked + the back. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gymnopaedic | <ornithology, zoology> Having young that are naked when hatched; psilopaedic; said of certain birds. Origin: Gr. Gymnos naked +, a child. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gymnophiona | <zoology> An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Gymnos naked + serpentlike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gymnophobia | <psychology> Morbid dread of the sight of a naked person or of an uncovered part of the body. Origin: G. Gymnos, naked, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| gymnophthalmata | <zoology> A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusae; the hydromedusae. most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Gymnos naked + the eye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gymnoplast | <biology> A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle. Origin: Gr. Gymnos naked + plassein to shape, mold. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gymnorhinal | <ornithology, zoology> Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds. Origin: Gr. Gymnos naked +, the nose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gymnosomata | <zoology> One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Gymnos naked +, the body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gymnosperm | A seed plant with the ovules borne on the surface of a sporophyll. Compare: angiosperm. (09 Oct 1997) |
| gymnospermae | An important division of the plant kingdom, being woody plants with alternation of generations, having the gametophyte retained on the sporophyte and seeds produced on the surface of the sporophylls and not enclosed in an ovary. (09 Oct 1997) |
| gymnospermous | <botany> Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel. Belonging to the class of plants consisting of gymnosperms. Origin: Gr. Gymnospermos; gymnos naked + sperma seed: cf. F. Gymnosperme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gymnosperms | Gymnosperms are a group of vascular plants whose seeds are not enclosed by a ripened ovary (fruit). Gymnosperms are distinguished from the other major group of seed plants, the angiosperms, whose seeds are surrounded by an ovary wall. The seeds of many gymnosperms (literally, "naked seed") are borne in cones and are not visible. Taxonomists now recognise four distinct divisions of extant gymnospermous plants (coniferophyta, cycadophyta, ginkgophyta, and gnetophyta). (12 Dec 1998) |