gym no glossa

pl. [Gr. gymnos = naked, and glo a tongue.] Zool.: A family of gastropods, in which the odontophore is without teeth. IMG:content-0867.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2102 Bot.: A genus of ferns with one to three pinnate leaves; sori dorsal, oblong, or linear, often confluent; involucre none. Known species, eighty four. Gym no gramme lep tophylla is a small fern with fragile fronds one to three inches long. It is found in this country, in continental Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. ( Sir J. Hooker .) gym-nog -ỹ-nous, a. [Pref. gym no, Gr. gyně = a woman, and suff. -ous.] Bot.: Having the ovary naked.