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progymnosperm

progymnosperm noun: a very early form of plant that produced both wood (like trees) and spores (like ferns).

Noun

progymnosperm (plural progymnosperms)

  1. A very early form of plant that produced both wood (like trees) and spores (like ferns).
    • Pycnoxylic wood is a primitive feature of progymnosperms with regard to manoxylic wood with wide and high rays.1991, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth sciences, page 122

Forms of progymnosperm

pluralprogymnosperms

Origin of progymnosperm

From pro- + gymnosperm.

Questions about progymnosperm

What does progymnosperm mean?
Progymnosperm means a very early form of plant that produced both wood (like trees) and spores (like ferns).
What part of speech is progymnosperm?
Progymnosperm is a noun.
What is the plural of progymnosperm?
The plural of progymnosperm is progymnosperms.

Words near progymnosperm in the dictionary

  1. Progya
  2. progymnasium
  3. progymnasiums
  4. progymnasmata
  5. progymnastic
  6. progymnosperm
  7. progymnospermous
  8. progymnosperms
  9. prohaemocyte
  10. prohaemocytes
  11. prohairesis

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