Gymnosperms 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 â¦ release pollen into the air to make available to the ovule,  in the megasporophylls causing fertilization.
2. Luck. The word luck is Middle Dutch in origin, coming from luc, a shortening of gheluc, âhappiness, good fortune.â. Luck may have been borrowed into English in the 15th century as a gambling term.
Seneca, a first-century Roman philosopher, allegedly said, Luck is where the crossroads of opportunity and preparation meet. Oprah Winfrey must have amended--basically, shortened--the quote before using it herself. Her version was worded exactly as it appears in the question above.