Saturday, December 27, 2014

Big Idea 1: Term 24

Gymnosperm Cone: Gymnosperms are plants that
do not flower (not angiosperms), but still produce
seeds in the form of cones, so they are spermatophytes.
These seeds aren't enclosed, which is how the term
gymnosperm came to be (came from a Greek word
meaning "naked seeds").

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