endogen
/ (ˈɛndəʊˌdʒɛn) /
a former name for monocotyledon
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How to use endogen in a sentence
The endogen flower is nearly always divided in threes, like the lily, which has six petals.
A Little Garden Calendar for Boys and Girls | Albert Bigelow PaineAnd corn belongs to the grass family, too, and corn is an endogen, for it has a big pith instead of rings.
A Little Garden Calendar for Boys and Girls | Albert Bigelow PaineWhen they run side by side smoothly, as they do in corn and grass, it means that the plant is an endogen.
A Little Garden Calendar for Boys and Girls | Albert Bigelow PaineMoreover the new substance is added to the centre of the stem, or within the old; hence the term endogen (, within, ).
An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope | John William GriffithSmilax belongs to a transition class, partaking somewhat of the nature of endogen and of exogen.
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