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acrogen

acrogen noun: any flowerless plant whose growth takes place at the tip of the main stem, especially the cryptogam ferns.

Noun

acrogen (plural acrogens)

  1. any flowerless plant whose growth takes place at the tip of the main stem, especially the cryptogam ferns

Forms of acrogen

pluralacrogens

Origin of acrogen

From acro- + -gen.

Questions about acrogen

What does acrogen mean?
Acrogen means any flowerless plant whose growth takes place at the tip of the main stem, especially the cryptogam ferns.
What part of speech is acrogen?
Acrogen is a noun.
What is the plural of acrogen?
The plural of acrogen is acrogens.

Words near acrogen in the dictionary

  1. acroesthesia
  2. acrofacial
  3. acroframosome
  4. acroframosomes
  5. acrogamous
  6. acrogen
  7. acrogenic
  8. acrogenous
  9. acrogenously
  10. acrogens
  11. acrogeria

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