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gymnosperm vs welwitschia

welwitschia vs gymnosperm

gymnosperm and welwitschia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gymnosperm Yes No No No
welwitschia Yes No No No
As nouns, welwitschia is a hyponym of gymnosperm; that is, welwitschia 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: 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 mirabilis, cycad, pteridosperm, seed fern.
gymnosperm (noun) welwitschia (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

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