# Gymnosperm

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/gymnosperm
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

[seed](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/seed "the fertilized ovule of a plant, containing an embryo, and sometimes endosperm, which are covered by the seed coat.") plants whose ovules are not enclosed in an [ovary](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/ovary "the basal portion of a carpel or group of fused carpels in which one or more ovules are enclosed, and which after fertilization develops into the fruit.") (in this [Flora](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/flora "the assemblage of plant taxa of any area;") divided into the Cycadophyta and Pinophyta).

## Related terms

- [Ovule](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/ovule)