Which one of the following is the characteristic feature of gymnosperms?
Seeds are absent.
Gymnosperms have flowers for reproduction.
Seeds are enclosed in fruits.
Seeds are naked.
According to the textbook, the term Gymnosperms is derived from gymnos (naked) and sperma (seeds). These are plants in which the ovules are not enclosed by any ovary wall and remain exposed both before and after fertilisation. Consequently, the seeds that develop post-fertilisation are not covered (i.e., are naked), unlike angiosperms where seeds are enclosed in fruits [Sources 33, 40].
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