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acrogen
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noun
Botany
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a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
Origin:
1835–45;
acro-
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-gen
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seedless vascular plant
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chlorophyll
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green coloring of leaves and plants needed for photosynthesis
female reproductive organ which produces eggs in bryophytes, ferns and most gymnosperms
plants with true roots, stems and leaves dispersed by spores because they don't produce seeds
variation in an organism's life cycle of dissimilar reproductive forms
green coloring of leaves and plants needed for photosynthesis
plants with true roots, stems and leaves dispersed by spores because they don't produce seeds
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acrogen
(ˈækrədʒən)
—
n
any flowerless plant, such as a fern or moss, in which growth occurs from the tip of the main stem
[C19: from
acro-
+ Greek
genēs
born; see
-gen
]
acrogenic
—
adj
acrogenous
—
adj
a'crogenously
—
adv
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