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phanerogam(dictionary)

phanerogam (iou)



phanerogam noun. M19.
[French phanerogame, mod. Latin phanerogamus, formed as PHANERO- + Greek gamos marriage, sexual union: so called because the reproductive organs were easily seen.]
Any plant of the division Phanerogamia (now disused), which embraced both angiosperms or true flowering plants and gymnosperms, together now more usu. known as spermatophytes or seed plants. Opp. CRYPTOGAM.
phanero'gamic adjective belonging to the Phanerogamia M19.
phane'rogamous adjective = phanerogamic E19.