progymnosperm

noun

pro·​gymnosperm

(ˈ)prō+

: one of the ancestral fossil types from which modern gymnosperms are thought to have been derived

progymnospermic

(¦)prō+

adjective

progymnospermous

"+

adjective

Word History

Etymology

pro- entry 1 + gymnosperm

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