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phanerogam

/ˈfænəɹəɡæm/

phanerogam noun: any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).

Noun

phanerogam (plural phanerogams)

  1. Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).
    • Among phanerogams (seed plants), only two orders of gymnosperms, the Cycadales and the Ginkgoales, have ciliated motile sperm cells; all others (higher gymnosperms and angiosperms) have nonmotile sperm cells or sperm nuclei.1977, Francesco D'Amato, Nuclear Cytology in Relation to Development, page 8
    • The stomach contents of the Selerikanka horse contained 116 taxa: 96 phanerogams, 20 cryptogams. Among the phanerogams were 12 tree species, 14 species of shrubs and dwarf-shrubs, as well as 72 species of herbs and very small dwarf-shrubs.2003, Burkhard Frenzel, “History of Flora and Vegetation During the Quaternary”, in Karl Esser, Ulrich Lüttge, Wolfram Beyschlag, Jin Murata, editors, Progress in Botany, volume 65, page 591
    Synonyms:
    spermatophyte

phanerogam meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Persian

phanerogam in Tamil

மணவினையுணர்த்தி, தெளிவு மணத்தாவரம், பூக்கும் தாவரம், பூப்பது

phanerogam in Tagalog

plant that produces seeds
butuhan

phanerogam in Persian

plant that produces seeds
پیدازا peydāzā

Synonyms of phanerogam

Forms of phanerogam

pluralphanerogams

Origin of phanerogam

From Ancient Greek φανερός (phanerós, “visible”) + γαμέω (gaméō, “to marry”); compare cryptogam.

Questions about phanerogam

What does phanerogam mean?
Phanerogam means any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).
What is phanerogam in Tamil?
Phanerogam in Tamil is மணவினையுணர்த்தி, தெளிவு மணத்தாவரம், பூக்கும் தாவரம். See Phanerogam meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phanerogam?
Phanerogam is a noun.
How do you pronounce phanerogam?
Phanerogam is pronounced /ˈfænəɹəɡæm/.
What is the plural of phanerogam?
The plural of phanerogam is phanerogams.

Words near phanerogam in the dictionary

  1. phaneritic
  2. phanero-
  3. phanerocodonic
  4. phanerocotylar
  5. phanerocrystalline
  6. phanerogam
  7. phanerogamian
  8. phanerogamic
  9. phanerogamous
  10. phanerogams
  11. phanerogamy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phanerogam (page history and authors); phanerogam (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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