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.
`Dutch 'is ultimately derived from an Indo-european root meaning 'people'. The reflex of the same root may be seen in the Welsh word 'tud' (people) which is to be found in the personal name Tudur (English Tudor )which is derived from an earlier form which meant 'king of the people'.