phanerogam

American  

[fan-er-uh-gam] / ˈfæn ər əˌgæm /

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 ).

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phanerogam British  

/ ˌfænəˈrɒɡəməs, ˈfænərəʊˌɡæm /

noun

1. any plant of the former major division Phanerogamae, which included all seed-bearing plants Now called spermatophyte Compare cryptogam

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Other Word Forms

• phanerogamian adjective
• phanerogamic adjective
• phanerogamous adjective
• phanerogamy noun

Etymology

Origin of phanerogam

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

Example Sentences

Among phanerogams, or ordinary plants, are many examples of phosphorescence.

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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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