Conifers (like pines, redwoods, and fir), gingkos, seed ferns, cycadeoids, and cycads are gymnosperms. Hope this is helpful! Gymnosperms (meaning naked seeds) are seed-bearing plants that don't produce flowers, instead they have male and female reproductive organs mostly in the form of cones. Their microsporophylls release pollen into the air to make available to the ovule, in the megasporophylls causing fertilization.
Layman derived from the two existing words âlayâ (from the Old French âlaiâ, meaning âsecularâ) and âmanâ, hence the ânon-clericâ meaning. The term layman popped up around the 15th century and within about 100 years the term laywoman also became common.
A layman's term is a way of explaining an idea or thing without using jargon specific to the field to which it belongs. It is an explanation through which an average person who has made no in depth study of the topic (layman) will understand the basic concept being described.