phanerogam
noun
any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
phanerogamic
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a word derived from
phanerogam.
Example Sentences
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Those who do not possess the necessary special knowledge are unable to realise what remains of the first haploid generation in a phanerogamic plant or in a vertebrate animal.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
New Zealand abounds with diclinous plants and trees; and Dr. Hooker calculates that out of about 756 phanerogamic plants inhabiting the islands, no less than 108 are trees, belonging to thirty-five families.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
As ferns differ so much in structure from phanerogamic plants, it may be worth while here to show that twining ferns do not differ in their habits from other twining plants.
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Charles Darwin
But no one is thus led to doubt that it is a general law of nature that phanerogamic plants should produce flowers, and that these flowers should produce seed.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Charles Darwin
Flora.—The flora of Germany comprises 3413 species of phanerogamic and 4306 cryptogamic plants.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various
