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
-
a word derived from
phanerogam.
Example Sentences
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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
Their water supports few phanerogamic plants and is, as my friend Dr. Morris Travers informs me, remarkably free from salts in solution.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
His activity was by no means confined to palaeobotany, but extended into all branches of botany, more particularly anatomy and phanerogamic taxonomy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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
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
