phanerogamous
- a word derived from phanerogam.
Example Sentences
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On one or the other of these two types the stems of all phanerogamous plants are constructed.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
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 Gray, Asa
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 Ross, Thomasina
It is generally admitted that a small size is preferable to the large one usually employed for phanerogamous plants.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
The high banks especially were richly covered by phanerogamous plants and lichens, and would have deserved a closer examination.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882
