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phanerogam
[ fan-er-uh-gam ]
noun
Botany.
- 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
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Derived Forms
- ˌԱˈ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- e··i ··Dz··dzܲ [fan-, uh, -, rog, -, uh, -m, uh, s], ····· [fan-er-, uh, -, gey, -mee-, uh, n], adjective
- e·Dza· noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of phanerogam1
1860–65; < New Latin phanerogamus, equivalent to Greek Աó ( s ) visible + -gamos -gamous
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of phanerogam1
C19: from New Latin phanerogamus, from Greek phaneros visible + gamos marriage
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Example Sentences
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This is found in many phanerogams and cryptogams.
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Manual of the phanerogams and pteridophytes of western Texas.
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One set is called phanerogams, if I have remembered the barbarous name properly.
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Among the phanerogams, apparently so numerously represented, only phylogenetic series of individual organs can be ascertained, but no phylogenetic series of families.
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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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