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phanerogam

[ fan-er-uh-gam ]

noun

, Botany.
  1. 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

  1. any plant of the former major division Phanerogamae, which included all seed-bearing plants Now called spermatophyte Compare cryptogam
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌphaneroˈgamic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • phaner·o·gamic phan·er·og·a·mous [fan-, uh, -, rog, -, uh, -m, uh, s], phan·er·o·ga·mi·an [fan-er-, uh, -, gey, -mee-, uh, n], adjective
  • phaner·oga·my noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of phanerogam1

1860–65; < New Latin phanerogamus, equivalent to Greek phaneró ( s ) visible + -gamos -gamous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of phanerogam1

C19: from New Latin phanerogamus, from Greek phaneros visible + gamos marriage
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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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