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phanerogamy

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phan⋅er⋅o⋅gam

[fan-er-uh-gam]
–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 ).

Origin:
1860–65; < NL phanerogamus, equiv. to Gk phaneró(s) visible + -gamos -gamous


phan⋅er⋅o⋅gam⋅ic, phan⋅er⋅og⋅a⋅mous [fan-uh-rog-uh-muhs] , phan⋅er⋅o⋅ga⋅mi⋅an [fan-er-uh-gey-mee-uhn] , adjective
phan⋅er⋅og⋅a⋅my, noun
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