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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

plant, flora, plant life go
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

vascular plant, tracheophyte go
green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

spermatophyte, phanerogam, seed plant go
plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores

gymnosperm
plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary

noun.plant

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progymnosperm go
an ancestral fossil type from which modern gymnosperms are thought to have derived
welwitschia, Welwitschia mirabilis go
curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base
cycad go
any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales
seed fern, pteridosperm go
an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae)