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.
Development of the term [edit]. The origin of the term comes from the Old English hasting or Old Norse husÃ¾ing, hÃºsÃ¾ing literally the house , thing meaning the assembly of the household of personal followers or retainers of a, king earl or, chief contrasted with the, folkmoot the assembly of the whole. peoplet the end of the polling, the returning officer was required to declare the result from the husting and return the members elected. This could be a problem after a hotly contested election, and rioting was not unheard of. The 1722 election in Westminster was declared void on account of such rioting.