noun
gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)
• Syn: ↑Gnetopsida, ↑class Gnetopsida, ↑Gnetophytina, ↑Gnetophyta
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gymnospermae, ↑class Gymnospermae, ↑Gymnospermophyta, ↑division Gymnospermophyta
• Member Meronyms: ↑Gnetales, ↑order Gnetales
Useful english dictionary. 2012.