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gymnosperm vs Welwitschia mirabilis

Welwitschia mirabilis vs gymnosperm

gymnosperm and Welwitschia mirabilis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gymnosperm Yes No No No
Welwitschia mirabilis Yes No No No
As nouns, Welwitschia mirabilis is a hyponym of gymnosperm; that is, Welwitschia mirabilis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gymnosperm:
  • gymnosperm: plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary
  • Welwitschia mirabilis: curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old
Other hyponyms of gymnosperm include progymnosperm, welwitschia, cycad, pteridosperm, seed fern.
gymnosperm (noun) Welwitschia mirabilis (noun)
plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old
Difference between gymnosperm and Welwitschia mirabilis

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