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.
It is an ironic phrase. The Irish have been, and are a spectacularly unlucky race. The luck of the Irish is BAD luck, as any reading of Irish history will document. When I did my Master's thesis on Irish references in the American language, I found the original and proper use of this irony goes câ¦.