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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHANEROGAMIA

Phan `er *o *ga "mi *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Bot. )

 

Defn: That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants.

 

PHANEROGAMIAN

PHANEROGAMIAN Phan `er *o *ga "mi *an, a. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Phanerogamous.

 

PHANEROGAMIC; PHANEROGAMOUS

PHANEROGAMIC; PHANEROGAMOUS Phan `er *o *gam "ic, Phan `er *og "a *mous, a.

 

Defn: Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

phanerogam

phan er o gam |ˈfanərəˌgam ˈfænərəɡæm | noun Botany old-fashioned term for spermatophyte. DERIVATIVES phan er o gam ic |ˌfanərəˈgamik |adjective, phan er og a mous |ˌfanəˈrägəməs |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French phanérogame, from Greek phaneros visible + gamos marriage.

 

Oxford Dictionary

phanerogam

phanerogam |ˈfan (ə )rə (ʊ )gam | noun Botany old-fashioned term for spermatophyte. DERIVATIVES phanerogamic |ˌfan (ə )rə (ʊ )ˈgamɪk |adjective, phanerogamous |ˌfan (ə )ˈrɒgəməs |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French phanérogame, from Greek phaneros visible + gamos marriage .

 

Duden Dictionary

Phanerogame

Pha ne ro ga me Substantiv, feminin , die |Phanerog a me |die Phanerogame; Genitiv: der Phanerogame, Plural: die Phanerogamen meist im Plural Blütenpflanze; Gegensatz Kryptogame