Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun division_gymnospermophyta

1 sense of division gymnospermophyta

Sense 1
Gymnospermae, class Gymnospermae, Gymnospermophyta, division Gymnospermophyta -- (plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida))
       => class -- ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)