phanerogam

[ fan-er-uh-gam ]

/ ˈfæn ər əˌgæm /

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noun Botany.

any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).

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Origin of phanerogam

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

OTHER WORDS FROM phanerogam

phan·er·o·gam·ic, phan·er·og·a·mous

[fan-uh-rog-uh-muhs], /ˌfæn əˈrɒg ə məs/, phan·er·o·ga·mi·an

[fan-er-uh-gey-mee-uhn], /ˌfæn ər əˈgeɪ mi ən/, adjectivephan·er·og·a·my, noun

Words nearby phanerogam

Pham Van Dong, -phane, phanerite, phaneritic, phanerocrystalline, phanerogam, phanerophyte, Phanerozoic, phano, phanotron, phantasia

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How to use phanerogam in a sentence

This is equally true of the crytogam ferns (pteridophyta) and the phanerogam flowering plants (anthophyta).
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel
It is, however, a true phanerogam or flowering plant, the male and female flowers being born on separate trees.
Trees. A Woodland Notebook|Herbert Maxwell

British Dictionary definitions for phanerogam

phanerogam

/ (ˈfænərəʊˌɡæm) /

noun

any plant of the former major division Phanerogamae, which included all seed-bearing plantsNow called spermatophyte Compare cryptogam

Derived forms of phanerogam

phanerogamic or phanerogamous (ˌfænəˈrɒɡəməs), adjective

Word Origin for phanerogam

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

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