exogens
- plural of exogen.
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Cambium, kam′bi-um, n. a layer of vascular tissue formed between the wood and the bark of exogens, in which the annual growth is formed.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Since all the stems with which we have to deal are exogens, a particular description of that class will here be given.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
Phanerogamic plants in their lowest groups of gymnosperm exogens then begin to appear in the Devonian conifers, gradually followed by cycads.
From Creation and Its Records by Baden-Powell, Baden Henry
Palms were intermediate, filling the spaces between them, but the palms stood under the exogens, growing in alcoves of the mass, rising no higher than the beginning of the branches and foliage of their lords.
From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
If perfect plants, I apprehend the periodical rings, the distinctive mark of the exogens, would, by natural laws, be wanting; but, I suppose, added in the plants proceeding from the parent stem.
From The Bible: what it is by Bradlaugh, Charles
