gymnospermae

Other forms of gymnospermae

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gymnospermaes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gymnospermae

What does gymnospermae mean?

gymnospermae means "plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida)".

How many syllables are in gymnospermae?

gymnospermae has 4 syllables: gym-no-sper-mae. The stress falls on "no".

What is another word for gymnospermae?

Close synonyms include class Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophyta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gymnospermae a common word?

gymnospermae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.