This is a picture of a pine tree leaf. A pine tree leaf is an example of gymnosperm leaf. Gymno in greek means "naked" and sperm in greek means "seed" thus gymnosperm literally translates to "naked seed". This is true because gymnosperms seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. Pine trees are conifers which are a specific group of gymnosperms. There are different types of gymnosperm leaves. For example, coniferophyta have leaves resembles needles or scales while cycadophyta leaves are large and frond - like. There are also other kinds of leaves too.
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