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).
phanerogamous
-
a word derived from
phanerogam.
Example Sentences
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The lichens and mosses, that develop their foliage beneath the snows, are succeeded by grumina and other phanerogamous plants.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
A proper pattern will be one that is perfect in the sense of having all the principal parts of a phanerogamous plant, and simple and regular in having these parts free from complications or disguises.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Although the lower grades are difficult, and need special books and good microscopes for their study, the higher orders, such as Ferns, may be determined almost as readily as phanerogamous plants.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
With these and reasonable perseverance the structure of the flowers and fructification of most phanerogamous plants and Ferns can be made out.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
The Mosaic account, as we read it in our English Bibles, seems to be limited to phanerogamous plants— grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit.
From Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science by T. S. (Thomas Suter) Ackland
