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phanerogam
[fan-er-uh-gam]
noun
any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (cryptogam ).
phanerogam
/ ˌfænəˈrɒɡəməs, ˈfænərəʊˌɡæm /
noun
any plant of the former major division Phanerogamae, which included all seed-bearing plants Now called spermatophyte Compare cryptogam
Other Word Forms
- phanerogamic adjective
- phanerogamous adjective
- phanerogamian adjective
- phanerogamy noun
- ˌԱˈ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of phanerogam1
Word History and Origins
Origin of phanerogam1
Example Sentences
This is found in many phanerogams and cryptogams.
Manual of the phanerogams and pteridophytes of western Texas.
One set is called phanerogams, if I have remembered the barbarous name properly.
Among the phanerogams, apparently so numerously represented, only phylogenetic series of individual organs can be ascertained, but no phylogenetic series of families.
The celluloses of the phanerogams are generally associated, in a degree ranging from physical mixture to chemical union, with other complicated substances, constituting the “compound celluloses.”
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