Virtual Museum of Canada
Jardin botanique de Montréal 
Centre for Forest Research

Glossary - Gymnosperm

Plant that produces seeds that are not enclosed within plant tissue. Literally, producing "naked seeds", not enclosed in an ovary and not protected in a fruit.

Plant belonging to a group of seed-bearing plants (Spermatophytes) that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo and Gnetales.


Back to glossary