phanerogam

[ fan-er-uh-gam ]

/ ˈfæn ər əˌgæm /

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noun Botany.

any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).

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Origin of phanerogam

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

OTHER WORDS FROM phanerogam

phan·er·o·gam·ic, phan·er·og·a·mous

[fan-uh-rog-uh-muhs], /ˌfæn əˈrɒg ə məs/, phan·er·o·ga·mi·an

[fan-er-uh-gey-mee-uhn], /ˌfæn ər əˈgeɪ mi ən/, adjectivephan·er·og·a·my, noun

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How to use phanerogam in a sentence

The first Part related to the Phanerogams only, arranged according to the Linnaean system.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
I suspect crustacea would show more difference in the extreme forms than phanerogams, but, as you say, it is wild speculation.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II|Charles Darwin
Among all the Phanerogams the annuals are not more than fifty per cent., and the biennials one or at most two per cent.
Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle
A phylogenetic system of phanerogams is not to be hazarded in the roughest outline.
A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution|Carl Von Ngeli

The cambium of the Phanerogams may be regarded as the very type of a complex-equipotential system, promoting restitution of form.
The Science and Philosophy of the Organism|Hans Driesch

British Dictionary definitions for phanerogam

phanerogam

/ (ˈfænərəʊˌɡæm) /

noun

any plant of the former major division Phanerogamae, which included all seed-bearing plantsNow called spermatophyte Compare cryptogam

Derived forms of phanerogam

phanerogamic or phanerogamous (ˌfænəˈrɒɡəməs), adjective

Word Origin for phanerogam

C19: from New Latin phanerogamus, from Greek phaneros visible + gamos marriage

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